--- Nifty Hat Mitch <mitch48@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Thanks for that man - I'll look into it further. --Ted __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
