>>> This is immediately after boot up, (Immediate isn't the right >> word as it takes ~45mins to boot and log in) Is this normal? >> Forty-five minutes? NO! > > Yup, 45 mins! > > It starts to boot OK but really bogs down when it gets to INIT and then > udev times out which takes about 10mins. I was hoping the 2.6.21 kernel > was going to help but it did not. Everything seems to function OK when > it finally boots but it juuussssttt ttttoooo ssslllooowwww. AAAAGGGGHHHH! > Is there anything in the logs about timeouts during boot? /var/log/dmesg may have some clues... Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!