One Second Embedded Linux Boot Demonstration (new version)

This demonstration shows an embedded Linux system booting in less than one second. The demo was shown at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain in February, 2009.

The demo shows how an automotive, military, aerospace, or other application can achieve a rapid start from a cold boot. The display becomes fully active in less then 1.5 seconds from cold boot. This includes the hardware initialization time, so the actual Linux system boot time is under one second.

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[MontaVistaSoftware]

You are right, it's not a desktop OS...it's an embedded Linux system. 

[Hayden Young]

I don't know what's better; that Linux boots in one second, or that the music sounds like it's straight out of a 70s porno!

[pdvalentini]

MontaVista Linux is intended for embedded industrial applications where IT DOES matter.

The smart phone example below is a good one too.

[Farid Anuar]

if computer can go this fast,i will buy it..l

[Gavin Smith]

Fastest Macbook Pro boot time is 18 seconds so far, can anyone beat it that?

[Rasmus Eneman]

2:29 to show something that last one sec?

[ShaneNL69]

he sounds like arnold schwanegger, i'll be back

[Alex Russell-Saw]

it's an EMBEDDED LINUX SYSTEM lern2reed

[Raj Rajan]

fak this is no destop os

[Philip Kane]

sounds like Governator

[Ikem Krueger]

Why isn't that the case with "normal" pcs?