Typical System Boot Times, includes processor, GPU, USB, boot method etc

[PartialVolume]

These are the boot times I'm logging for various systems, they vary by a significant amount, not surprisingly the 2022 Thunderbolt 4 USB-3 is the fastest at 46 MiB/s kernel load. The slowest so far is a 2008 USB-2 with a kernel load of just under 2 minutes at 2.3 MiB/s. More systems to be added in due course.

Typical boot times on various systems

ShredOS Version shredos-2023.08.2_25.0_x86-64_0.35_20231110.img (written to flash using dd) on a USB2 Flash drive. ShredOS kernel image is 218.1 MiB.

Make	Model	Processor	Graphics	USB Controller	USB Type	Boot Speed secs (POST to Nwipe)	cmdline mods	legacy/UEFI	ShredOS vanilla boot	Ventoy Boot
Sony circa 2006	VAIO (laptop)	Intel Core2Duo P8400 2.26GHz	AMD RV620/M82 (Mobility Radeon HD3450/3470	82801I (ICH9 Family) UHCI & EHCI	USB 2	92 secs	None	legacy	yes	yes
Novatech circa 2022	NP5x_NP6x_NP7xPNP (laptop)	Intel i7-12700H 12th Gen	Nvidia GA106M GeForce RTX3060/Mobile/Max-Q	Intel Alder Lake-P Thunderbolt 4	USB 2	49 secs ~15 MiB/s	none	UEFI	yes	yes
Novatech circa 2022	NP5x_NP6x_NP7xPNP (laptop)	Intel i7-12700H 12th Gen	Nvidia GA106M GeForce RTX3060/Mobile/Max-Q	Intel Alder Lake-P Thunderbolt 4	USB 3	36 secs ~45 MiB/s	none	UEFI	yes	yes
Novatech circa 2008	M761SU (laptop)	Intel Core2Duo T5750 2.0Ghz	Nvidia G98M GeForce 9300M GS	SiS 1.1/2.0	USB 1?	118 secs ~2.3MiB/s	none	legacy	yes	yes
Packard Bell circa 2013	EasyNote TE69KB (laptop)	AMD Quadcore A45000	AMD Radeon HD8330	AMD FCH OHCI & EHCI	USB 2	54 secs ~10 MiB/s	none	legacy	yes	yes
Dell circa 2012	Optiplex 9010	Intel I7-3770 3.4GHz	Nvidia GT218 NVS300	Intel 7 series/216 USB EHC	USB 2	47 secs ~8 MiB/s	none	UEFI	yes	yes
GIGABYTE circa 2011	GA-H61M-S2PV	Intel I3-2100 3.10GHz	Intel 2nd Gen (i915 driver)	Intel 6 Series/C200	USB 2	39 secs (~8 MiB/s)	none	UEFI	yes	yes
ASUS circa 2016	UN45H	Intel Celeron N3150 1.6GHz	Intel x5-E8000	Intel x5-E8000 USB xHCI	USB 2	34 secs ~10 MiB/s	none	UEFI	yes	yes
*MSI circa 2008	P6NGM	Intel core2Duo E7500 2.93GHz	Nvidia C73 GeForce 7050/nforce 610i	Nvidia MCP73 USB 1.1/2.0	USB 2	81 secs ~3 MiB/s	none	legacy	yes	no

---

*MSI P6NGM, If using a ShredOS .img file on Ventoy as opposed to a .iso file, on a legacy boot system such as the MSI P6NGM , then on selection of ShredOS .img, Ventoy will drop to the GRUB prompt due to Ventoy using hd0. To continue the boot process at the grub prompt use the following command. Note the output of ls, there may be hd2 in which case you need to adjust the linux command as appropriate to use either hd1 or hd2 as appropriate. For legacy boot systems it may be preferable to use a ShredOS .iso file. Don't forget. After the ShredOS kernel loading progress has reached 100% you need to type boot at the grub prompt for ShredOS to actually start booting.

grub> ls
     (proc) (hd0) (hd0,msdos2) (hd0,msdos1) (hd1) (hd1,msdos1) (fd0)

grub> linux (hd1,msdos1)/boot/shredos console=tty3 loglevel=3

                      [ Shredos loads ....... to 100% then you type 'boot` at the grub prompt]
grub> boot