On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 02 December 2008, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote about 'Debian Project News - December 2nd, 2008': >>Dependency based boot sequencing release goal completed >> >>Petter Reinholdtsen [12]announced that the release goal of supporting a >>dependency based boot sequence has been completed. This allows system >>services to be started in an order which is calculated from their >>dependencies on each other instead of a hardcoded order. >> >> 12: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/11/msg00007.html > > The linked mail makes reference to the "insserv" package. Is that package > required to get a dependency-based boot sequence? Is that package > sufficent to get a dependency-base boot sequence? > > I ask because I'd like to start testing it on both my desktop (Lenny) and > laptop (Etch[Base]/Etch-Backports/Lenny[Mostly]/Sid/Experimental[1]).
I am currently using insserv in my work laptop and it works perfectly here. I haven't measured before / after boot times, but the difference is perceivable. I reckon it boots now at most in half the time it used to. Just follow the instructions in /usr/share/doc/insserv/README.Debian and you're off (they're just two commands anyway). Cheers and thanks to all debian devs for bringing us such a great OS. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
