00:02:05 seconds! Incluiding a startup picture that takes also a second.
Just as a frame of reference I just timed my Work PC Boot process:
From power on: 00:00:42 (42 seconds) to a fully loaded WindowsXP Pro desktop ready to run applications (all disk activity finished).
My old Win2K computer took > 2 minutes
My Work System:
P4-2 GHz
GForce 4 Ti 4200 128Mg
512 Meg ram
Old 20 gig UXTA-33 hard drive
Old 10 gig UXTA-33 hard drive
JustLink 40x/12x/48x CDRW
Creative 58X CDRom
Dual 17" Micron Monitors
Loki :-D
