booting takes too long

eye · 10-22-2003, 08:09 AM

redhatlinux9.0 used.
redhat booting time takes too long
exist a way for fast booting ??

ehawk · 10-22-2003, 08:27 AM

Does it take too long to get to a login screen from power-on, or just too long to bring up the desktop after you login?

If it's the second problem, use a lighter window manager, like IceWM instead of Gnome or KDE.

If it's the second problem, perhaps you should go to a distribution that is more nearly optimized to your hardware. I was under the impression that RH was i386-optimized, while Mandrake was i586, and things like Arch linux or gentoo were i686 and above optimized.

ehawk · 10-22-2003, 08:29 AM

Oh, this distribution is supposedly pretty close to RH, and is i686 optimized.

eye · 10-22-2003, 09:22 AM

booting take too long to get to a login screen from power-on...

aus9 · 10-22-2003, 09:26 AM

in Mdk you can de-select services that start at boot. Sometimes, changing your graphics to a lower setting helps. Assuming you have X start at boot.

DMR · 10-22-2003, 01:26 PM

Also, look in your files in /var/log. If something is causing the boot to be delayed, you might find some informative errors/messages logged there.