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can i make my system boot faster....

Hey LQ users,
as the title says i wanna speed up booting process.....it takes 45-50 seconds to get my Desktop Screen...i have selected automatic login....TIA for your suggestions and advice

Disable unnecessary services and unnecessary kernel modules.
Avoid dhcp.

Kind regards

Deleted double post due to slow connection

Kind regards

Get yourself a SSD, will speed up your boot time. Use suspend instead of switching off the machine.

thnx for you replies
@repo
i have already disabled services from startup applications and a few i just disabled using BootUP-Manager...how else i can disable unnecessary services and modules and dhcp too (sorry not an expert , I'm just a newbie)
@TobiSGD
I'm poor college student hehe and its a brand new hard disk , can't purchase SSD now...

Let's see what services you're still running. Can you post the ouput of:

Code:

service --status-all

I'm kinda confused........
i run

Code:

service --status-all >processes.txt

then got result in console

Code:

[ ? ]  acpi-support

 [ ? ]  acpid

 [ ? ]  alsa-restore

 [ ? ]  alsa-store

 [ ? ]  anacron

 [ ? ]  apport

 [ ? ]  atd

 [ ? ]  avahi-daemon

 [ ? ]  binfmt-support

 [ ? ]  bootchart

 [ ? ]  console-setup

 [ ? ]  cron

 [ ? ]  cups

 [ ? ]  dbus

 [ ? ]  dmesg

 [ ? ]  dns-clean

 [ ? ]  failsafe-x

 [ ? ]  gdm

 [ ? ]  hostname

 [ ? ]  hwclock

 [ ? ]  hwclock-save

 [ ? ]  irqbalance

 [ ? ]  killprocs

 [ ? ]  module-init-tools

 [ ? ]  network-interface

 [ ? ]  network-interface-security

 [ ? ]  network-manager

 [ ? ]  networking

 [ ? ]  ondemand

 [ ? ]  pcmciautils

 [ ? ]  plymouth

 [ ? ]  plymouth-log

 [ ? ]  plymouth-splash

 [ ? ]  plymouth-stop

 [ ? ]  plymouth-upstart-bridge

 [ ? ]  pppd-dns

 [ ? ]  procps

 [ ? ]  rc.local

 [ ? ]  rsyslog

 [ ? ]  sendsigs

 [ ? ]  setvtrgb

 [ ? ]  speech-dispatcher

 [ ? ]  stop-bootlogd

 [ ? ]  stop-bootlogd-single

 [ ? ]  sudo

 [ ? ]  udev

 [ ? ]  udev-fallback-graphics

 [ ? ]  udev-finish

 [ ? ]  udevmonitor

 [ ? ]  udevtrigger

 [ ? ]  ufw

 [ ? ]  umountfs

 [ ? ]  umountnfs.sh

 [ ? ]  umountroot

 [ ? ]  unattended-upgrades

 [ ? ]  vboxballoonctrl-service

 [ ? ]  vboxdrv

 [ ? ]  vboxweb-service

and here is my processes.txt(which is completely different from it) idk why?

EDIT: lemme reboot again because i haven't rebooted my system after disabling some services after taking Mr repo's advice

running processes

Code:

 [ ? ]  acpi-support

 [ ? ]  acpid

 [ ? ]  alsa-restore

 [ ? ]  alsa-store

 [ ? ]  anacron

 [ - ]  apparmor

 [ ? ]  apport

 [ ? ]  atd

 [ ? ]  avahi-daemon

 [ ? ]  binfmt-support

 [ - ]  bluetooth

 [ ? ]  bootchart

 [ - ]  bootlogd

 [ - ]  brltty

 [ ? ]  console-setup

 [ ? ]  cron

 [ ? ]  cups

 [ ? ]  dbus

 [ ? ]  dmesg

 [ ? ]  dns-clean

 [ ? ]  failsafe-x

 [ ? ]  gdm

 [ - ]  grub-common

 [ ? ]  hostname

 [ ? ]  hwclock

 [ ? ]  hwclock-save

 [ ? ]  irqbalance

 [ - ]  kerneloops

 [ ? ]  killprocs

 [ ? ]  module-init-tools

 [ ? ]  network-interface

 [ ? ]  network-interface-security

 [ ? ]  network-manager

 [ ? ]  networking

 [ ? ]  ondemand

 [ ? ]  pcmciautils

 [ ? ]  plymouth

 [ ? ]  plymouth-log

 [ ? ]  plymouth-splash

 [ ? ]  plymouth-stop

 [ ? ]  plymouth-upstart-bridge

 [ ? ]  pppd-dns

 [ ? ]  procps

 [ + ]  pulseaudio

 [ ? ]  rc.local

 [ - ]  rsync

 [ ? ]  rsyslog

 [ + ]  saned

 [ ? ]  sendsigs

 [ ? ]  setvtrgb

 [ ? ]  speech-dispatcher

 [ ? ]  stop-bootlogd

 [ ? ]  stop-bootlogd-single

 [ ? ]  sudo

 [ ? ]  udev

 [ ? ]  udev-fallback-graphics

 [ ? ]  udev-finish

 [ ? ]  udevmonitor

 [ ? ]  udevtrigger

 [ ? ]  ufw

 [ ? ]  umountfs

 [ ? ]  umountnfs.sh

 [ ? ]  umountroot

 [ ? ]  unattended-upgrades

 [ - ]  urandom

 [ ? ]  vboxballoonctrl-service

 [ ? ]  vboxdrv

 [ ? ]  vboxweb-service

 [ - ]  x11-common

and new bootchart...

Ahhh, ubuntu, never that fast to start.

The easiest way to get ubuntu to boot faster is to remove the packages you dont need (though that can make ubuntu more unstable), and/or change to a lighter desktop. Eg, change from gnome, unity or KDE to Xfce, Lxde, or one of the *box. Even disbabling compiz can decrease booting time a little.

However, with excess packages removed, no compiz, and using a lighter desktop wont make a huge difference to booting times.

If you want more of a speed increase, reinstall using a distro with a bit less cruft (eg arch, slackware, debian)

I haven't tested 11.04 yet but my 10.04 64bit ubuntu always booted within 15-20 sec..
Have you used WUBI or a proper installation??

Its not wubi or guest OS, Ubuntu is my primary OS...

From what I have experienced debian boots quicker than ubuntu

Changing display manager from gdm (or whatever ubuntu uses now) to xdm will significantly speed boot to login prompt (IDK about auto-logon with xdm though).