beta2

[mk01]

anonimo200

btrfs filesystem is doing massive updates & cleanup after such big data movement (installing xx packages). also, btrfs is mounted with defrag options which is also running yet some time after the stressing. give it some time (1-2h). definitely do not count first reboot.

definitely I do not intent to lose any second. i'm comparing with beta1 with standard xbian clocking and cleanly flashed image. that was 36s and beta2 is doing the same.

you are right with the network - that is because using isc-dhcp client which is very slow. but reason for that are stupid DHCP servers not conforming to standards where other dhcp clients could not get IP address . for beta2 I wrote my own dhcp scripting based on klibc ipconfig what was making RPI getting dhcp IP in 9 seconds after start, static around 7-8 (without using kernel configuration).

but at the end that is not so significant to total boot time as it seems. there is still full debug info turned on for beta2 (check files /run/upstart-ev.log and -mnt.log, uptime_start.log), there you will see exact timings.

rpi can boot xbmc in 25seconds WITH initramfs which is eating some 5s, so don't be afraid we will go to 60. beta1 was a platform change, beta2 aims to be as wide compatible and bug free as possible and when this will be confirmed, it will take round of loosing weight again.

and to answer to you question, all essential services have been moved from sysv runlevels to upstart (basically it means what was starting behind xbmc is now starting as part of upstart process).