From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Aug 21 09:03:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA25616 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 09:03:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (passer.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.110.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA25608 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 09:03:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cschuber@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.8/8.6.10) id JAA11465; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 09:03:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808211603.JAA11465@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> Received: from localhost.osg.gov.bc.ca(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "passer.osg.gov.bc.ca" via SMTP by localhost.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpdJ11454; Fri Aug 21 09:02:58 1998 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 Reply-to: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-Sender: cschuber To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) cc: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group , "Daniel O'Connor" , "Jeff W." , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD takes 8 years to boot up In-reply-to: Your message of "21 Aug 1998 17:56:28 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 09:02:57 -0700 From: Cy Schubert Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group writes: > > It also may be a good idea to remove other unused devices from the=20 > > kernel as well. The disadvantage to this is that every time you change=20 > > your configuration you will need to rebuild the kernel. Hopefully that=20 > > won't be that often. > > Recompiling the kernel on anything above P150 is a matter of a couple > of minutes at most if you use the '-n' option to config (but remember > to always make depend!) The advantages are quicker booting and a > smaller memory footprint. On my 486/DX33 it took approximately 90 minutes, on my P120 it takes about 6 minutes and on the P333's here at work it takes about 2 minutes. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Open Systems Group Internet: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca Government of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message