On Saturday 09 February 2008, Tim wrote: >On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 19:51 -0800, Konstantin Svist wrote: >> Meanwhile, you have 3 other big sleeps: >> * ifup-eth (network card acquiring info from DHCP) >> * ntpdate (time sync with network) >> * S99local/sleep (not sure what that is) >> >> If you get rid of these, you'll shave off ~12 seconds from your boot >> time ;) > >If you still want NTP, there are things you can change in the config to >speed up its syncing (e.g. using IPs instead of names), or you can have >the daemon start up post-boot (if you don't need such time precision in >your logs as Fedora boots). Not sure what the fuss is, but starting ntpd at bootup here is about a 1 second operation. Using pool.ntp.org. 12 seconds almost certainly has to be a dns problem. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Somebody ought to cross ball point pens with coat hangers so that the pens will multiply instead of disappear.
