From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: ron minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] EPIA platform from linuxbios
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Date: Sun,  2 Nov 2003 22:29:23 -0700
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hey, I just timed it: power-on to root prompt, 7 seconds. And with a bit
more work I can get it down to < 5.

So think about this: on-demand computing with plan 9 means you just turn
off the CPUs until you need them, since booting them is not exactly a
lengthy process.

I was surprised to see how much more quickly Plan 9 came up than 9load
does. Not expected.

ron