> We have a special case of running FreeBSD (actually a NanoBSD) from a CD/DVD. > The reason behind using a CD/DVD is to prevent manipulations. > > Now, after the GUI hass started, the system autologin a user and autostarts > Firefox. But starting Firefox takes ~ 5 - 7 minutes, while the operating > system > takes 2 - 3 minutes. As you can imagine, this isn't quite a useful time. > > Is there a simple way, considering enough RAM in the box, to speed up the > process? Loading Firefox makes the DVD drive moving the head very often - I > assume this is the fact because I can hear the head scratiching around very > intense. > > Does FreeBSD bring tools/facilities onboard to achive what I'm requesting or > do > I need an additional port/softwarepackage?
Are you custom building this CD-rom image, or is it just a slightly modified stock FreeBSD distritbution with some scripts? One suggestion would be to run from a mfs /usr, including /usr/local, as a sample on how to do this take a look at /etc/rc.initdiskless that does this for /etc and /var when booting diskless. I suspect your slow down is shared library linking time, which would mean you might also solve this problem by building a staticly linked firefox binary. This would be much simpler to try out. -- Rod Grimes rgri...@freebsd.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
