On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 02:51:28PM -0800, Ted Bolver wrote: > readahead > readahead_early .... > Is there a distinction between them; Yes. see the list of files that are read. > Do you need them *both* checkboxed; You do not need either. The readahead process preloads the buffer cache with files that might be paged in one 'page demand triggered' read at a time. This can speed things up of boxes with enough DRAM. BIG Programs like OO that are started with a wraper script could use this trick to advantage in some cases. > Incidentally they've both got exactly the same service > descriptions ie: > > ""This service causes the programs used during startup > to be loaded into memory before they are needed, thus > improving startup performance"" /etc/init.d/readahead: /usr/sbin/readahead `cat /etc/readahead.files` & /etc/init.d/readahead_early: /usr/sbin/readahead `cat /etc/readahead.early.files` & So the difference is /etc/readahead.files and /etc/readahead.early.files. -- T o m M i t c h e l l spam unwanted email. SPAM, good eats, and a trademark of Hormel Foods.
