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TB0ne, since the OP does not state which distribution he uses we can't know if that is in fact RHEL, it can also be CentOS or Scientific Linux, they all use the same naming scheme for their kernels.
@a.abdulna: The fastboot option was introduced with the 2.6.29 kernels, although it is possible that Red Hat ported them back to their version of the 2.6.18 kernel. Basically, it tries to speed up boot time by starting some functions asynchronously, which may have an effect, but doesn't have to.
TB0ne, since the OP does not state which distribution he uses we can't know if that is in fact RHEL, it can also be CentOS or Scientific Linux, they all use the same naming scheme for their kernels.
True, but since most all of the OP's other threads indicate they're using RHEL, it seemed safe to assume, especially when they mentioned the kernel with "el5" in it.
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@a.abdulna: The fastboot option was introduced with the 2.6.29 kernels, although it is possible that Red Hat ported them back to their version of the 2.6.18 kernel. Basically, it tries to speed up boot time by starting some functions asynchronously, which may have an effect, but doesn't have to.
That's why I told the OP to call Red Hat, and look in their knowledgebase, since they'd know about which things were in which kernels.
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