Synaesthesia Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Hey guys, wanna find out - How long does it take you to boot up into OS X? My computer is a Pentium 4 630 (3ghz ht), and Intel 945g motherboard, GMA 950 graphics, 80gb SATA HDD, and with 2 gigs ram, and I thought it would be even faster, is that a good time? Oh, and I'm using Jas 10.4.7. I take it it's optimized pretty well for my system already. I have tried many hints to speed up boot time, but none have really made a difference. Not that I'm complaining - it's still faster than Windows XP (tinyxp version) and Ubuntu Linux, amazing! It's just that I've heard people talk about ridiculously fast boots. Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 *Shrug* I'm on a pentium 4 with 3Ghz and HTT, 1GB DDR dual channel, 200GB SATA HDD(7200 rpm I think) and a Radeon x800 and I boot in about 14-17 seconds with the new kernel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bikedude880 Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I haven't officially timed it yet, but from when I hit the grey apple screen to gui is about 5 seconds, if not less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted November 2, 2006 Author Share Posted November 2, 2006 Yeah, I'm gonna get the new kernel really soon The kiko update contains the new 10.4.8 kernel by semthex, right? I'm sure it will speed things up a lot. For me it's like 20 seconds to get to the apple grey screen and then another. Anyway, OS X is still, like, the {censored}!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSkywalker Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Just checked 3 times in a row. 13~14 seconds from the grey apple to desktop on a P4 2,4 HT SSE2, Asus P4P800, WD SATA. OS: 10.4.8 with old kernel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asapreta Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 15 seconds all boot process, old kernel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSkywalker Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Yeah, I just excluded the Acronis to Grey Apple screen time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiaboliK Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 on my 915gux ive got about 13-17 seconds from intel splash to osx desktop. the key is to take out all the unneeded device id's from kexts that dont apply to your system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Or remove those unneeded kexts if you know what you're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted November 3, 2006 Author Share Posted November 3, 2006 Can any one tell me a way to find out what these kexts are? Possible a link to an earlier discussion? Should I boot in verbose mode and check what all the messages are? I know how to do that!! Thanks for the tips guys, I'll search the forum, especially some early dicussions, it's odd, I googled around first (because everyone would kill me if I didn't), and I haven't really found much discussion on it. (boot time) I suppose if you hve to delete kexts specific to your own computer, then one cannot really make a guide for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSkywalker Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Can any one tell me a way to find out what these kexts are? Possible a link to an earlier discussion? Should I boot in verbose mode and check what all the messages are? It depends on your hardware, as you've already mentioned. In my case, I didn't remove any kexts. I think the idea of removing kexts bears a potential catastrophe for inexperienced users. DaxTsurugi has already put it well - ¨if you know what you're doing¨. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostgame Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 O_O 10-15 seconds, you've got to be kidding me. I wouldn't sit there for that long on a laptop! I get 5-8 seconds, 10 at MOST! Sucks, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonz14 Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Well I was getting about 15 minutes with my old install because of a disk read error, but now I am down to about 30 seconds (which I used to think was good) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo50 Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 i have over 30-40 sec at all, but the main part of this time come for EFI start - first Intel logo, after some letters and numbers appear in right down corner. when grey screen apper - just 10-15 sec- not more - and i'm on a gui, already with some apps opened from auto start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedfreaK Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 I have 20 seconds boot time from bios to desktop with a very sucky machine (check my sig) on 10.4.6 with old kernel (ofcourse) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 In the days of 10.4.3 my PC startup in a 13-15 sec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicklas Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 In the days of 10.4.3 my PC startup in a 13-15 sec. Our Opteron's 165 do a great job , booting fast... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetBladeZ Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Guess I have the longest boot time. 10.4.7 - I get aound 1min 20 secs from splash 10.4.8 - I get around 1 min.. Seriously, no blardy idea why it takes so long. My Compaq Presario Notebook takes 40 secs to boot with 10.4.7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Marvin Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 These patched kernels everyone speaks of - do they help regular no Hackintosh PowerPC macs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetBladeZ Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 These patched kernels everyone speaks of - do they help regular no Hackintosh PowerPC macs? Doubt it, these kernels are modified somewhat, probably won't work except give you kernel panics lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Yeah, that kernels are x86 code only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TofuTodd Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 For those with long boot times, press F8 and type -v for boot options to boot in verbose mode. You'll see where your system hangs, often waiting for a kext or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TofuTodd Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 setting the IDE controller mode to compatible shaved 10 seconds off my boot time due to diskarb errors stalling my boot. probably not recommended if your boot drive is also pata, might cause a performance hit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 its betwen 13 y 18 secs but it doesnt matter because i put the tv meanwhile then there is the desktop. chek my sign and you will understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellius Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 1've got about 17 secs boot time. 1t could be faster I gues s but the system is is lloking for some stupid files it can't find. I'll post a log at next reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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