On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 03:55:53AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Say, it only takes 5 seconds to load the kernel on my desktop(Duron), > but 70 seconds on my laptop(Celeron). Both have 256Mb memory. > > That is at boot I see > Loading 2.6.12-1-686........ > And then it takes 70 whole seconds before the dots end and I see: > Bios Data Check OK > or whatever. > > Does that sound normal for a IBM Thinkpad R50e?
If you're using LILO on the laptop, make sure you have specified the "compact" option in your lilo.conf file. -- Eric Cooper e c c @ c m u . e d u -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
