Re: Problem with InstallShield (Was Re: [Bug 629] Changed - Problem with InstallShield: ole:CoTreatAsClass(stub), ole:CoGetClassObject)

On Tue, 7 May 2002 16:06, Francois Gouget wrote:

> On Tue, 7 May 2002, Sean C. Farley wrote:
>
> > On 6 May 2002 18:42, Alexandre Julliard wrote:
> [...]
> > > devoted to the issue, etc.  All of that is dead today, and that's a
> > > major loss. It definitely isn't compensated by the fact that
> > > developers can do something else while waiting for Transgaming to
> > > maybe someday release something.
> >
> > This is not necessarily true.  A couple of years ago meant a much longer
> > boot time for a computer.  Have you seen how fast an Athlon XP can boot?
>
> It takes 2 to 3 minutes as it always did. Sure once you actually get to
> the Linux initialization stage things go a bit faster now than in the
> past, but that's not where you spend time. Most of the time is spent in
> the BIOS:
>  * testing the memory (or whatever)

This can take a bit if you have it enabled.

>  * initializing the SCSI subsystem

I have no SCSI.

>  * waiting for disks to spin up
>  * doing god knows what else, probably sleep(60)

Without the memory check, this Athlon XP next to me takes about two to
three seconds to go through the BIOS.

> Even once in Linux it sometimes takes a while if the internet connection
> is slow to come up, or if you are using ext2 and your 20-boot fsck has
> come up.

FreeBSD on this system takes about five seconds.  As it is a server, I
have no idea how long Windows will take to boot, but I would assume a
longer amount of time.

> Furthermore, for me the real pain of rebooting is to have to close all
> my applications (30+ windows) and loose all the context. This is why I
> never reboot my computer.

Thirty windows?!?!?!?  :)  That is a lot.  I do understand not wanting
to lose your current state, yet with games I always exit the important
stuff before playing.  This is with either Windows or Unix as long as
the game grabs all of the resources.

> Rebooting is just as painful now as it has ever been.

You have been away from a 386 for too long.

Sean
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