Re: Grub for embedded system

[Jérémy Dufour]

Le mercredi 15 mars 2006 à 07:32:25 (GMT +0100), Kjeld Flarup Christensen a 
écrit :
> > It is working but really slowly to load the stage 1.5 before 
> > the menu is displayed (about 2 seconds). Have you an idead of 
> > why it is so long ?
> I think that 2 seconds is a quite normal time, depending on how you
> measure it.

On my personnal computer, when the message "Loading stage 1.5" is wrote, it
is immediatly suppressed by the menu.

On the PC104, when it is displayed, it takes a very long second befor the
menu is displayed. During this time, I can, for example, press the down key
two times, press enter and when the menu will be shown, it is going to
remember my action and do it.

I know that one or two seconds for loading grub on a embedded system is not
maybe too much, but it is for my needs. The linux after boot in less than
ten seconds and loosing 2 seconds for grub, is too much for my needs...

> > Is there a way to optimize the loading time ? For example, 
> > using a smaller stage 1.5 ?
> I don't think that a smaller size will change anything. It is more
> likely some hardware that needs to be checked that takes up time. 

Is there a way to activate a debug or verbose version to know what it is
happening ? I think it would be the best way to know what is taking some
times.

Thanks for your answer.

djerem