how do i boot into linux without it scanning all hd
basically i have never figured out how my red hat 9 can boot without scanning all my hardrives first?
using gnome is there a setting somewhere i can change? |
What do you mean by 'scan'? Running fsck?
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thanks mara, being a noob i will explain as best i can.
i boot and GRUB starts. i select linux, then there is this scanning checking thing going on for every drive/partition. i have 3 hardrives and 4 patitions. and when it hits the drive linux is on then it fires up the linux loading process. |
Linux will check the fille systems for errors during the boot process. What partitions and filesystems to check are listed in the file /etc/fstab. The more partitions you check on boot, the longer the boot process. In order to prevent Linux from checking partitions you don't want checked, remove them from /ect/fstab. BEWARE. If any errors creep into those partitions, you'll never know about it until it's a system-fatal problem. The solution I employ: I copied fstab 4 times (fstab1, 2, 3, and 4), retaining /etc/fstab unchanged. I edited each copy to reflect the configuration I want for a particular purpose. I then wrote a simple bash script to be run as root, offering a menu of choices. When I select the one I want. /etc/fstab is rewriten with the copy I chose. Then I reboot. I eliminate what I regard as unnecessary fs checking for things I use irregularly, and fstab is set to the things I use regularly.
My 2 cents. Hope it reaps a profit for you. |
this is my fstab:
LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hdd5 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 it takes ages as it is scanning hda , hda1 hda2, hda5 then reports hda not ready for reading etc etc.... i think linux is in hdd6 |
Removing them from fstab may not be what you what to do. When you do that, it also removes those drives from your boot choices. Is there another solution?
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here is my system log. it is all the hda, hdd checking that takes the longest and seems pointless?
Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 syslogd 1.4.1: restart. Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Linux version 2.4.20-8 (bhcompile@stripples.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)) #1 Thu Mar 13 17:18:24 EST 2003 Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map: Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable) Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved) Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000001ffec000 (usable) Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000001ffec000 - 000000001ffef000 (ACPI data) Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000001ffef000 - 000000001ffff000 (reserved) Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000001ffff000 - 0000000020000000 (ACPI NVS) Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved) Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: 0MB HIGHMEM available. Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: 511MB LOWMEM available. Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 131052 Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: zone(0): 4096 pages. Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: zone(1): 126956 pages. Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: zone(2): 0 pages. Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Kernel command line: ro root=LABEL=/ hdb=ide-scsi Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Initializing CPU#0 Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Detected 1008.998 MHz processor. Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 2011.95 BogoMIPS Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 syslog: klogd startup succeeded Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Memory: 511384k/524208k available (1312k kernel code, 10260k reserved, 996k data, 128k init, 0k highmem) Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes) Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Inode cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 portmap: portmap startup succeeded Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Buffer-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Page-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes) Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 nfslock: rpc.statd startup succeeded Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 rpc.statd[3010]: Version 1.0.1 Starting Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 kernel: CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line) Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 keytable: Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line) Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 keytable: Loading system font: Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Intel machine check architecture supported. Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0. Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor stepping 04 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done. Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au) Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: mtrr: detected mtrr type: Intel Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf1150, last bus=1 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: PCI: Using IRQ router VIA [1106/0686] at 00:04.0 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Applying VIA southbridge workaround. Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: isapnp: No Plug & Play device found Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 keytable: Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 rc: Starting keytable: succeeded Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16) Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Starting kswapd Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: VFS: Disk quotas vdquot_6.5.1 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: pty: 2048 Unix98 ptys configured Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI ISAPNP enabled Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: ttyS1 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.10e Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: NET4: Frame Diverter 0.46 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size 1024 blocksize Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta-2.4 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:04.1 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: VP_IDE: chipset revision 6 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 random: Initializing random number generator: succeeded Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: VP_IDE: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs later Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686b (rev 40) IDE UDMA100 controller on pci00:04.1 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd800-0xd807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 rc: Starting pcmcia: succeeded Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd808-0xd80f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL EX6.4A, ATA DISK drive Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hdb: LITE-ON LTR-52246S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: blk: queue c03be900, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hdc: QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM20.5, ATA DISK drive Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hdd: ST380023A, ATA DISK drive Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: blk: queue c03bed60, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: blk: queue c03beea4, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: host protected area => 1 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: 12594960 sectors (6449 MB) w/418KiB Cache, CHS=784/255/63, UDMA(33) Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hdc: host protected area => 1 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hdc: 40132503 sectors (20548 MB) w/1900KiB Cache, CHS=39813/16/63, UDMA(66) Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hdd: host protected area => 1 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hdd: 156301488 sectors (80026 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=155061/16/63, UDMA(100) Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Partition check: Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda:<4>hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: (__ide_dma_test_irq) called while not waiting Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: blk: queue c03be900, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda1 hda2 <<4>hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: (__ide_dma_test_irq) called while not waiting Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda5<4>hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: (__ide_dma_test_irq) called while not waiting Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda6<4>hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: (__ide_dma_test_irq) called while not waiting Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hda7 > Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hdc: [PTBL] [2498/255/63] hdc1 hdc2 < > Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hdd: [PTBL] [9729/255/63] hdd1 hdd2 hdd3 hdd4 < hdd5 > it is this above part that seems to be pointless? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: md: Autodetecting RAID arrays. Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: md: autorun ... Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: md: ... autorun DONE. Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 65536) Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Linux IP multicast router 0.06 plus PIM-SM Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Freeing initrd memory: 146k freed Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Journalled Block Device driver loaded Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 128k freed Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 17:26:20 Mar 13 2003 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:04.2 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:04.3 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:09.0 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd400, IRQ 9 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hub.c: USB hub found Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:04.3 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:04.2 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:09.0 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd000, IRQ 9 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hub.c: USB hub found Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hiddev Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hid Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hid-core.c: v1.8.1 Andreas Gal, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz> Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hid-core.c: USB HID support drivers Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:04.2-2, assigned address 2 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 634 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: input0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)] on usb1:2.0 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide1(22,67), internal journal Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Adding Swap: 1044184k swap-space (priority -1) Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:04.3-2, assigned address 2 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x46d/0xd001) is not claimed by any active driver. Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide1(22,66), internal journal Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Vendor: LITE-ON Model: LTR-52246S Rev: 6S02 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE] Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: parport0: Printer, Lexmark Lexmark 5700 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: parport_pc: Via 686A parallel port: io=0x378 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 52x/52x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: ne2k-pci.c:v1.02 10/19/2000 D. Becker/P. Gortmaker Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: http://www.scyld.com/network/ne2k-pci.html Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:09.0 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:04.2 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:04.3 Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL-8029 found at 0xa400, IRQ 9, 00:C0:26:E0:FF:FF. Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 netfs: Mounting other filesystems: succeeded Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 apmd[3077]: Version 3.0.2 (APM BIOS 1.2, Linux driver 1.16) Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 apmd: apmd startup succeeded Dec 25 09:54:13 c210-49-92-137 autofs: automount startup succeeded Dec 25 09:54:10 c210-49-92-137 sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0 Dec 25 09:54:10 c210-49-92-137 sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1 Dec 25 09:54:10 c210-49-92-137 sysctl: kernel.sysrq = 0 Dec 25 09:54:10 c210-49-92-137 sysctl: kernel.core_uses_pid = 1 Dec 25 09:54:10 c210-49-92-137 network: Setting network parameters: succeeded Dec 25 09:54:10 c210-49-92-137 network: Bringing up loopback interface: succeeded Dec 25 09:54:10 c210-49-92-137 ifup: Dec 25 09:54:10 c210-49-92-137 ifup: Determining IP information for eth0... Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Dec 25 09:54:12 c210-49-92-137 dhclient: bound to 210.49.92.137 -- renewal in 33393 seconds. Dec 25 09:54:14 c210-49-92-137 sshd: succeeded Dec 25 09:54:14 c210-49-92-137 apmd[3077]: Charge: * * * (-1% unknown) Dec 25 09:54:15 c210-49-92-137 xinetd[3128]: xinetd Version 2.3.10 started with libwrap options compiled in. Dec 25 09:54:15 c210-49-92-137 xinetd[3128]: Started working: 1 available service Dec 25 09:54:17 c210-49-92-137 xinetd: xinetd startup succeeded Dec 25 09:54:18 c210-49-92-137 sendmail: sendmail startup succeeded Dec 25 09:54:18 c210-49-92-137 sendmail: sm-client startup succeeded Dec 25 09:54:18 c210-49-92-137 gpm: gpm startup succeeded Dec 25 09:54:19 c210-49-92-137 crond: crond startup succeeded Dec 25 09:54:21 c210-49-92-137 kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE] Dec 25 09:54:21 c210-49-92-137 kernel: parport0: Printer, Lexmark Lexmark 5700 Dec 25 09:54:21 c210-49-92-137 kernel: parport_pc: Via 686A parallel port: io=0x378 Dec 25 09:54:21 c210-49-92-137 kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling). Dec 25 09:54:21 c210-49-92-137 kernel: lp0: console ready Dec 25 09:54:21 c210-49-92-137 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-188 Dec 25 09:54:21 c210-49-92-137 last message repeated 15 times Dec 25 09:54:21 c210-49-92-137 cups: cupsd startup succeeded Dec 25 09:54:22 c210-49-92-137 xfs: xfs startup succeeded Dec 25 09:54:22 c210-49-92-137 anacron: anacron startup succeeded Dec 25 09:54:22 c210-49-92-137 atd: atd startup succeeded Dec 25 09:54:22 c210-49-92-137 wine: Registering binary handler for Windows applications Dec 25 09:54:22 c210-49-92-137 rc: Starting wine: succeeded Dec 25 09:54:22 c210-49-92-137 xfs: ignoring font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic (unreadable) Dec 25 09:54:25 c210-49-92-137 kernel: 0: nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 nvidia.o Kernel Module 1.0-5328 Wed Dec 17 13:54:51 PST 2003 Dec 25 09:54:25 c210-49-92-137 insmod: Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - NVIDIA Dec 25 09:54:25 c210-49-92-137 insmod: See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules Dec 25 09:54:25 c210-49-92-137 insmod: Module nvidia loaded, with warnings Dec 25 09:54:27 c210-49-92-137 kernel: Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann Dec 25 09:54:27 c210-49-92-137 kernel: agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 439M Dec 25 09:54:27 c210-49-92-137 kernel: agpgart: Detected Via Apollo Pro KT133 chipset Dec 25 09:54:27 c210-49-92-137 kernel: agpgart: AGP aperture is 32M @ 0xe6000000 Dec 25 09:54:37 c210-49-92-137 gdm(pam_unix)[3331]: session opened for user razgo by (uid=0) Dec 25 09:54:39 c210-49-92-137 gconfd (razgo-3391): starting (version 2.2.0), pid 3391 user 'razgo' Dec 25 09:54:39 c210-49-92-137 gconfd (razgo-3391): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only config source at position 0 Dec 25 09:54:39 c210-49-92-137 gconfd (razgo-3391): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/razgo/.gconf" to a writable config source at position 1 Dec 25 09:54:39 c210-49-92-137 gconfd (razgo-3391): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only config source at position 2 Dec 25 09:55:48 c210-49-92-137 userhelper: pam_timestamp: timestamp file `/var/run/sudo/razgo/unknown:root' is only 33 seconds old, allowing access to redhat-logviewer for UID 500 |
I think some people are confusing when linux is in it's boot up procedures ( all the OK s that go by ) and when the machine FIRST boots up and scans hard drives for boot partitions.
From the descriptions Razgo is mentioning, he is talking about the latter. The answer to this is that there really isn't any, short of making sure that your linux is the very first thing on the first disk, and even then, that's no guarntee that this "searching" you're speaking of will either lessen in length or go away totally. By the by, what's the length of time we're talking here? |
it takes 2:08 min/s to get to the screen where it says welcome to redhat linux intereactive startup. then it takes another 56 sec's to get to the log in promt, totalling a total of 3:04 min/s.
the boot process with all the ok's is where i thought it would boot straight too, instead of all the other scanning hardrives/partitions process. |
There are errors on hda (the end of first part of logs). It results in delay.
Razgo, do you have an idea what may be wrong with the disk (primary master)? |
Try turning off dma support in your kernel and see if that helps.
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if i access kernal tuning i don't see an option for turning off dma support. how do i do this?
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