Hi Adam,

I don't know that. What I know is that UNIX can be made to boot fast. I worked on a backup air traffic control system

in

the late 90's. They were using Solaris. Sun Microsystems customized Solaris for them so it could boot instantaneously.
It was really impressive to see how fast that thing could be up and running.

The 5 fastest booting LINUX distro's:

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/the-five-fastest-booting-linux-distributions/1198

Perhaps Sun just kept a booted instance in memory so they could reboot that system instantly? Here's one person's link
for the Fastest booting Solaris, but they are not near instantaneous:

https://blogs.oracle.com/jtc/entry/fast_booting_solaris

-Ray Gralak
Author of Astro-Physics Command Center (APCC)
Author of PEMPro: http://www.ccdware.com
Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: http://www.gralak.com/apdriver
Author of PulseGuide: http://www.pulseguide.com
Author of Sigma: http://www.gralak.com/sigma

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Subject: [ap-gto] Re: Why AP mount don't have a USB port?





--- In ap-gto@... <mailto:ap-gto%40yahoogroups.com> , "Ray Gralak" <groups1@...> wrote:

I wonder how long it takes for a 10 micron mount to boot?

I don't know that. What I know is that UNIX can be made to boot fast. I worked on a backup air traffic control system

in

the late 90's. They were using Solaris. Sun Microsystems customized Solaris for them so it could boot instantaneously.
It was really impressive to see how fast that thing could be up and running.

It is my vision that a modern mount should have a general purpose built-in computer system which is open for third
party applications. That would be a real neat solution.

Regards,
Adam