fastest booting OS needed

[Brandon]

whats the fastest booting OS out there? im setting up my P3 667 256MB, 25GB, some passive 4MB AGP as a music thing in the basement, and i need an OS that would load in less then 15 seconds. linux windows anything that cam play MP3 MP3 pro and WMA (winamp really)

Edited July 19, 2004 by musicmaster

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

my best guess is Windows 95?

then again.. i could be wrong.

stay away from NT, 2000, and XP :p

95, 98, ME might do?

[VG11489]

whats the fastest booting OS out there? im setting up my P3 667 256MB, 25GB, some passive 4MB AGP as a music server thing in the basement, and i need an OS that would load in less then 15 seconds. linux windows anything that cam play MP3 MP3 pro and WMA (winamp really)

I would try win 98 I have a set up relly simialer to urs (Pent 3 500 MHz 256 meg 40 gig pci videocard)

[chronikdork]

I remember Windows Me having an extremely fast boot. It got rid of real-mode DOS at bootup (from 95/98) so it would boot up faster. Except its stability isn't very good. From past experiences, I remember Me booting up fastest.

[neo_joel]

The fastest iv experienced is when i had win98se, even when you loaded it with programs my boot time bearly changed.

[after fallout]

does it have to play them or is it going to serve them?

you could probably get linux to boot that fast, but if it is going to serve them try looking at beos

in any case beos may be worth looking at, it is generally known for fast boot times

[VG11489]

I remember Windows Me having an extremely fast boot. It got rid of real-mode DOS at bootup (from 95/98) so it would boot up faster. Except its stability isn't very good. From past experiences, I remember Me booting up fastest.

Ya I remembered ME very horriable stabilty sucked *** man it was the ****** OS to come out

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

ME does really suck... but he didnt say a fast booting good working OS... look at his system stats.. what else can you recommend? except an upgrade to get our of the 70's buddy...

[VG11489]

ME does really suck... but he didnt say a fast booting good working OS... look at his system stats.. what else can you recommend? except an upgrade to get our of the 70's buddy...

coughwants it to be a servercough

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

windows server 2003?

[VG11489]

he wanted a fast and stable OS ME isnt so stable so im suggesting no ME

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

any OS is an ok server... but being a server is illegal dude. you need to know that. you can't become your own server unless you have full concent and/or permission from your ISP... i know your intention now, and will no longer help you before i get warned.

[VG11489]

any OS is an ok server... but being a server is illegal dude. you need to know that. you can't become your own server unless you have full concent and/or permission from your ISP... i know your intention now, and will no longer help you before i get warned.

I think he meant as a network server

[Argi]

Why would anyone need a warez server to load up in less than 15 seconds????

Makes no sense.

[naap51stang]

I've only fooled around with Linux a bit, but wouldn't a version of Linux, setup correctly boot fast?

I had good luck with WinME, it was very stable on my system, but I didn't push it with exotic hardware.

Considering your system resources, I would think Win98SE, with all updates would be about as fast as

you could expect. I've got my dads computer (P3@800mhz, 512meg ram) running winXP, and it's not that

bad. He leaves in on 24/7, and it runs weeks between reboots. He doesn't run games or anything, just

basically running a database for his record album collection (over 5,000 LP's, 600 CD's, 200 box LP sets),

email, word processing. My mom is about the only one that plays games.....if you call running scrable and

her sewing programs taxing a computer LOL.

:alien:

[Brandon]

NOO i mean music thing its not on a network, just for PLAYING music during paritys and when kids come over to hang out

is there a linux distro that would do this or anything

[demorgoron]

any OS is an ok server... but being a server is illegal dude. you need to know that. you can't become your own server unless you have full concent and/or permission from your ISP... i know your intention now, and will no longer help you before i get warned.

its a music server :rolleyes:

stay away from windows me and windows xp,

maybe try some linux and run it as a server(dont know if winamp or .wma can be used or played in linux)

another thing... are you trying to make a shoutcast radio server?

[chronikdork]

he wanted a fast and stable OS ME isnt so stable so im suggesting no ME

He didn't say it had to be stable at all. ;)

[VG11489]

Ohh a computer that just plays music LOL music player

Um not an expert with linux but I think any discro are fine

[VG11489]

He didn't say it had to be stable at all. ;)

LOL do u want a OS to be unstable while u doing stuff I sure dont want that ;)

[AaronMT]

You can try knoppix?

[after fallout]

booting windows fast(XP):

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/syspe...ot/default.mspx

booting linux fast:

http://mailman.u.washington.edu/pipermail/...ust/006763.html

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linu...nxw15BootFaster

http://slashdot.org/articles/01/03/03/2313255.shtml

[fishie]

some kind of linux would be best and no gui all command line style. or maybe freedos, or something

[chacho]

I remember Windows Me having an extremely fast boot. It got rid of real-mode DOS at bootup (from 95/98) so it would boot up faster. Except its stability isn't very good. From past experiences, I remember Me booting up fastest.

who the hell cares about stability when all its doing is running winamp??

usually a fresh install of any MS OS has booted up for me in less than 15. you can partition the drive right after an install, so the music is all on a separate partition. on the other one, all you have is the OS and winamp. i'd suggest 98SE or 2000

you could always use nLite and slim down a copy of xp with slipstreamed security fixes. you can get the install ISO down to a negligible size (<100mb)

[SimplyPotatoes]

id just use winxp,slim it down, and hibernate/unhibernate it.

[SAMeAiM]

lol? is it illigal to run a private internet server in the us? :laugh:

well, a stripped windows 2k? or a linux dist with samba? or maybe a bsd dist?

Edited July 20, 2004 by SAMeAiM