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Date:      Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:07:19 +1200
From:      "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz>
To:        "Geoff Ludwiczak" <ludwicza@home.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD boot time
Message-ID:  <199808092007.IAA18641@cyclops.xtra.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <19980809173836.AAA14205@ha1.rdc1.bc.wave.home.com@cr649276-a.surrey1.bc.wave.home.com>

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On 9 Aug 98, at 10:35, Geoff Ludwiczak wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I just installed FreeBSD 2.2.7, and I love the Operating System, but it's
> a pain starting it up.  It takes quite a while to probe my hard drives and
> cdrom.  Is there any way to fix this by maybe rebuilding the kernel
> possibly???

Well, I've never tried this, but I have been told by others that this 
would reduce boot time.  That said, I don't know what I'm talking about.  
But thankfully, I'll be corrected if wrong.

The kernel, as it arrives, contains more devices than you would normally 
use.  That's so it will work.  Once you have it working, you can remove 
the devices you don't actually have.  That should reduce the boot time.  I 
haven't trid this yet, but I will.  It's at the top of a long list of low 
priorities.

--
Dan Langille
DVL Software Limited
http://www.dvl-software.com/freebsd : my [mis]adventures

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