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Curiously enough, once booted, the system is somewhat usable. You can type a command and get a reply within a minute.

It takes about 2 hours to boot to bash prompt ("init=/bin/bash" kernel command line). Then 4 more hours to boot up the entire Ubuntu ("exec init" and then login). Starting X takes a lot longer.

"You're usin' a 286? Don't make me laugh / Your Windows boots up what, in a day and a half?" - Weird Al

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpMvS1Q1sos - just to make it easy for others to appreciate this gem.

For the extremely lazy, the exact moment of the quote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v...

"See, it ain't about the Benjamins or Pentiums or Athlons" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuGjtlsKo4s

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