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nLited XP installs for a cab
RXII:
I have a 2.0ghz P4, 256mb Ram and and a 20gb HDD and have just installed Tiny XP "Beast Edition". I am very happy with the performance of the PC and now with Mala installed and a complete set of Mame v.106 I am ready to go. I have also used bootskin and TweakUI for a few things and the PC boots up to Mala in 30 seconds.....thats not too bad I guess. Any ideas on squeezing it a bit more??
Cheers,
Simon.
spystyle:
--- Quote from: RXII on July 10, 2007, 08:57:38 pm ---...Any ideas on squeezing it a bit more??
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The easiest way is to do what I do : turn the cab (or PC) on then walk away and fix a coffee, when you return it will be ready.
People are always asking about boot times, I get the idea that many people watch the cab (or PC) boot with their breath held. That's a bad idea!
But it got me thinking, so I started Googling "embedded OS" and found this:
http://tinyurl.com/yrfqnu
"MinLogon" is the answer
"WinLogon" is what takes so long to boot
I wonder if someone could use Nlite to replace Winlogon with Minlogon or perhaps hack "XPe" (XP embedded)
Cheers,
Craig
RXII:
--- Quote from: spystyle on July 11, 2007, 11:05:27 am ---
--- Quote from: RXII on July 10, 2007, 08:57:38 pm ---...Any ideas on squeezing it a bit more??
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The easiest way is to do what I do : turn the cab (or PC) on then walk away and fix a coffee, when you return it will be ready.
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You are right Craig, 30 seconds is pretty good and I am pretty happy with that.....but all this talk of stripping stuff out to make things faster just gets me carried away! My arcade cab with an Exerion PCB in it probably takes longer to boot up!
Cheers,
Simon.
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: spystyle on July 11, 2007, 11:05:27 am ---
--- Quote from: RXII on July 10, 2007, 08:57:38 pm ---...Any ideas on squeezing it a bit more??
--- End quote ---
The easiest way is to do what I do : turn the cab (or PC) on then walk away and fix a coffee, when you return it will be ready.
People are always asking about boot times, I get the idea that many people watch the cab (or PC) boot with their breath held. That's a bad idea!
But it got me thinking, so I started Googling "embedded OS" and found this:
http://tinyurl.com/yrfqnu
"MinLogon" is the answer
"WinLogon" is what takes so long to boot
I wonder if someone could use Nlite to replace Winlogon with Minlogon or perhaps hack "XPe" (XP embedded)
Cheers,
Craig
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Craig, take a gander at this to see if there's something you can use:
http://osf1.gmu.edu/~sfiorito/eXPinstall.htm
spystyle:
DrewKaree,
That's exactly what I was talking about... creepy!
I will make .bat and .reg files to automate that and put them up here as a downloadable zip.
Cheers,
Craig
By the way - someone should make an XPe that only has the components needed by mame32, mame, and a few front ends like Mala ect. Here are a bunch of video tutorials for the technically gifted:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/embedded/aa731297.aspx
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