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TCCBOOT Compiles And Boots Linux In 15 Seconds

Posted by timothy on from the count-to-ten-very-slowly dept.

An anonymous reader writes "TCCBOOT is the first boot loader able to compile and boot a Linux kernel directly from its source code. It can compile and start booting a typical Linux kernel in less than 15 seconds on a 2.4 GHz Pentium 4. TCCBOOT uses the latest version of the TinyCC C compiler."

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  1. Too fast... by smudge8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    To be honest, I LIKE the delay when I have to reboot. It gives me time to have a pee, stretch my legs, have a drink...

    Eventually we're going to spend 24 hours a day staring at the screens because there'll be no excuse at all for leaving the screen.

    1. Re:Too fast... by Dasein · · Score: 4, Funny

      there'll be no excuse at all for leaving the screen

      Um. Social life, family, sex, ....

      Yes, I do realize that I'm posting to slashdot.

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    2. Re:Too fast... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      if I have to piss ... I go do that

      +2 Insightful. ... When did /. become a Zen monastery? "If you are hungry, then eat. If you are tired, then sleep."

    3. Re:Too fast... by wrook · · Score: 5, Funny

      That might be OK for Windows. For Linux, you might not want to wait for a reboot to take a pee. Just a word of warning...

    4. Re:Too fast... by D-Cypell · · Score: 5, Funny

      I LIKE the delay when I have to reboot. It gives me time to have a pee, stretch my legs, have a drink...

      Then I suggest you stay away from windows, you will end up as a dehydrated, 12 foot alcholic!

    5. Re:Too fast... by rattler14 · · Score: 5, Funny

      well said!

      plus, my boss really thinks i'm working hard when he sees 4 terminals open with stuff flying past them. hence, i always compile from source

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    6. Re:Too fast... by Slime-dogg · · Score: 2, Funny

      All of which are possible from in front of the screen:

      1. Social Life: On-line chat. MMORPG.
      2. Family: See the next one:
      3. Sex: Through on-line chat, tell someone that you think is a chick to get their ass over to your house, so they can sit on your lap. Existance of a family then ensues... unless you find out that your "chick" was a dude.
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  2. What we really want to know is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    How long does it take to boot Gentoo?

  3. Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    If only they could apply this to compiling the rest of Gentoo . . .

  4. Yes, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    does it run Linux?

  5. Re:usefulness? by EaterOfDog · · Score: 1, Funny

    I want my bootloader to write the operating system from scratch.

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  6. Great for Gentoo by Solder+Fumes · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now they can compile their kernel with "-mday=Wednesday" for even better optimization.

    1. Re:Great for Gentoo by Mornelithe · · Score: 2, Funny

      Jesus.

      Look, I know everyone here hates Gentoo because there is some group of nebulous "Gentoo zealots" who go around posting pro-Gentoo stuff on every single slashdot story. I've never actually seen them, but I always hear people complaining about them, so they must exist.

      But how many times can people hear, "Haw haw, they compile stuff and it's slow" and still laugh? Do you guys laugh at every single fart joke you hear? How can stuff like this still get +5 funny?

      Anyone who thinks about posting some "Gentoo zealots annoy me" crap (including people who have that in their signatures) should think about the fact that 80% of the visible stuff about Gentoo around here is lame jokes, and another 10% - 15% are people complaining about Gentoo zealots. So don't tell me the pro-Gentoo zealots are annoying you. The anti-Gentoo zealots are much, much more vocal.

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    2. Re:Great for Gentoo by Solder+Fumes · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm so sorry for being distro-ist. I apologize to all Gentoo-Americans for my extreme insensitivity.

  7. Wow! Ultimate Gentoo! by Eunuchswear · · Score: 5, Funny

    Recompile your programs EVERY TIME YOU RUN THEM.

    Ricers Rule!

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  8. Wow by physicsphairy · · Score: 3, Funny

    My windows box and I would still be trying to negotiate whether it wanted to boot in "Normal Mode" "Safe Mode" "Last Known Good Configuration" or "Sorry, chap, just not gonna happen."

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  9. Re:script? by Ford+Prefect · · Score: 2, Funny

    Comparing it to Perl is a bit unfair considering we don't exactly have a full fledged Unix like kernel written in Perl to boot...

    How about using it to bootstrap Emacs? That's virtually an operating system already... ;-)

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  10. This should go over BIG.. by murderlegendre · · Score: 3, Funny

    ..with the Gentoo crowd.

    The once impossible dream of actually compiling the Linux kernel on every boot is now a shining reality.

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  11. Re:What's the point ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I understand how geeky this is but what would its uses be ? Especially when it's now become possible to boot a full featured Linux distro from an USB key ?

    You just answered your own question:
    I understand how geeky this is

  12. Re:Just-in-time compilation by maxwell+demon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, maybe a BIOS-integrated Emacs automatically launches and allows you to edit the code ...

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  13. A.K.A. by Omni-Cognate · · Score: 2, Funny

    Java

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  14. In Soviet Russia.... by MetaMarty · · Score: 2, Funny

    The kernel compiles your bootloader!! Oh wait...

  15. Imagine a by multiplexo · · Score: 3, Funny
    Beowulf cluster of these. Together they'd boot so fast that you'd go back in time!

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  16. That's nothing.... by n2dasun · · Score: 2, Funny

    My computer runs this neat program called ScanDisk like 5 times(just to make sure) before I can ever get it to do anything useful, so there's no way MY OS can crash once it's up and running.

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  17. Re:script? by morcego · · Score: 2, Funny


    How about using it to bootstrap Emacs? That's virtually an operating system already... ;-)

    True. Too bad it lacks a good text editor :)
    *ducks and hide*

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