Linux plus misfitmame 128 can anyone help to guide me. thanks

[abispac]

Im looking to build a dedicated pacman 4 in 1 cab with misfitmame 128 , i dont want to use windows xp because im looking for the fastet boot for a single game alternative, the first thing that came into my mind was DOS, but i misfitmame wont run in DOS, so the second alternative its linux, and thats why im asking for help on how to compile misfitmame under linux, and wich barebones distro to use for the fastest boot, im going to use either an lcd or a regular crt monitor, so no need for special 15khz drivers.
And if anyone knows how to compile misfit for DOS i bet it would boot faster.
Thanks for any help 

[codefenix]

Two questions:

#1 - Any reason in particular that you need misfitmame as opposed to standard Mame?

#2 - Which Linux distro are you using?

[abispac]

Two questions:

#1 - Any reason in particular that you need misfitmame as opposed to standard Mame?

#2 - Which Linux distro are you using?

#1 need misfit because it has the pacman 4 in 1 in it that regularmame does not have, also im using a low profile (pentium 3) computer and misfitmame 128 works just fine on this hardware.

#2 as far as the distro goes, thats onother part of the problem im looking for help, i  would like somenthing that boots as fast as DOS because its only going to boot directly into a single game not a menu or a frontend.

[codefenix]

You may want to try Lubuntu, given your hardware.  It's a solid, lightwight distro.  Although, your boot time likely won't be observably faster than Windows or DOS.

Getting back to misfitmame, at this time it doesn't look like anyone has compiled it for Linux.  You may be better off using Windows for your project.  Disable as many nonessential startup options as possible and you should be good to go.

[ValamirCleaver]

Most varieties of MAME compiled for Windows will run fine on most Ubuntu based derivatives via WINE. Lubuntu is an excellent choice for older, low-spec hardware.