How long does OS9 take to boot for you?

[cobalt60]

PM7300, 520MHz G3, 320MB RAM, ZuluSCSI, OS 9.1

from pressing the power button:
0:32 for display to turn on
0:40 happy mac
1:00 "MacOS"
1:55 "Starting Up"
3:10 first extension loaded
4:25 clock not set warning
4:35 desktop appears
5:00 actually finishes

I strongly suspect the ZuluSCSI is slower than a HD would be, and also 9.1 is slower than 8.6. When I first got the computer it was running 8.6 on a Quantum SCSI drive and though I didn't time it, I swear it was at least twice as quick.

 

[bigmessowires]

Five minutes?!? Ouch. And here I've been complaining about my 1:30 boot times in OS8.

 

[Phipli]

Five minutes?!? Ouch. And here I've been complaining about my 1:30 boot times in OS8.

The memory test takes 2 minutes on some of my machines.

 

[LaPorta]

I’d say a true, level playing field boot test would be the keyboard-restart boot to bypass all that…then see how long.

 

[68kPlus]

My 600MHz iMac G3 boots in about 30 seconds TOPS to 9.1. Fairly minimal install too

 

[Phipli]

My 600MHz iMac G3 boots in about 30 seconds TOPS to 9.1. Fairly minimal install too

Really?! I've never seen 9.* boot that fast from power button press. But I guess I'm more of a beige Mac person.

 

[68kPlus]

Really?! I've never seen 9.* boot that fast from power button press. But I guess I'm more of a beige Mac person.

I'll time it

 

[Phipli]

I'll time it

You're not to press shift

 

[68kPlus]

You're not to press shift

Looks like I miscalculated - it took a total of 1:10, although post takes nearly 13 seconds due to the 768MB of RAM I have in there. The bootup process is actually closer to 35-40 seconds, as it also hung a little on bootup which it didn't do before.
Believe it or not, MacOS X 10.4 took only around 47 seconds to boot!

 

[Phipli]

Looks like I miscalculated - it took a total of 1:10, although post takes nearly 13 seconds due to the 768MB of RAM I have in there. The bootup process is actually closer to 35-40 seconds, as it also hung a little on bootup which it didn't do before.
Believe it or not, MacOS X 10.4 took only around 47 seconds to boot!

That's more in line with what I'd expect.

In OS9 you can turn the Memory Test off with a hidden setting in the Memory control panel. Hold Cmd+Opt while opening the control panel I think it is, then an extra option appears.

Only useful if you have a battery in the machine.

 

[68kPlus]

That's more in line with what I'd expect.

In OS9 you can turn the Memory Test off with a hidden setting in the Memory control panel. Hold Cmd+Opt while opening the control panel I think it is, then an extra option appears.

Only useful if you have a battery in the machine.

I do have a battery actually - I'll be sure to enable that. The machine runs really well in general, as it has a fairly modern 2010 7200RPM IDE 320GB (!!!!) HDD in it, and that drive is very healthy so it runs great.

 

[djhaloeight]

I threw a 7200rpm SCSI drive in my B&W G3 when I got it out of storage and working again. Mac OS 8.6 boots super quick. I know it’s not 9 or 9.2.2 but it’s super snappy to use.

 

[Bartman]

I have installed the original 2 GB drive in my TAM to check some files and noticed it booted very quickly, also with Mac OS 9.1. The Happy Mac symbol was only seen for a few seconds. Interesting.

I have now rebuilt the desktop on that 80 GB disk that did show the Happy Mac symbol for about a minute. And to my surprise, this rebuilding the desktop really helps. The Happy Mac symbol now also shows up only for a few seconds, amazing .

Before you rebuild the desktop, check the disk with the disk repair tool, repair it if needed and then reboot the Mac and hold down Option + Command during booting up until you see the message to rebuild the desktop .