On 16:07, Tuomo Valkonen wrote: > I hate it: every time Linux crashes, e.g. due to power failure, it takes > almost an hour to boot, because the kernel has decided to corrupt the > superblock to indicate that it's been years since last file system > check.
Use tune2fs to deactivate checking. > And obviously the crappy init system provides no simple way to > stop the checking, to put it in the background, or whatever. Modify the init scripts or use another distro. > The FOSS herd is totally concentrated on creating a WIMP idiot box -- > a cheap plastic clone of Windows -- instead of fixing such fundamental > problems. > Windows, by the way, boots like a blaze compared to woeful Linux crap > (even without the very definition of pure shit: udev, which the crap > known as Linux practically requires these days). Don't use udev then. Good old static dev works fine if you have a fixed set of devices. > A partial contributor to the slow fsck process is: > > hde: ST3160023AS, ATA DISK drive > hde: applying pessimistic Seagate errata fix > > # hdparm -t /dev/hde > /dev/hde: > Timing buffered disk reads: 48 MB in 3.01 seconds = 15.96 MB/sec You're using the sil3112 driver? Edit its blacklist and remove the entry for your drive. That gives you the usual speed. > Linux noi 2.6.14 #1 PREEMPT Sun Oct 30 20:18:48 EET 2005 i686 GNU/Linux > > I've tried upgrading, and failed: the megatonne monolith with a gazillion > hidden options (and totally worthless make oldconfig) Gradually upgrade to 2.6.15, 2.6.16... > is impossible to compile these days, Check your tool-chain. Many people compile recent kernels with no problems. > and the distros' stock kernel are utter and total crap > that load drivers in wrong order etc., and are difficult to configure > (demanding crap that demands udev to edit their initrds). Use a kernel.org version. > Not to even speak of the udev-demanding scsi-mapping insanity of SATA > etc. devices these days. Nobody forces you to use udev. Moreover, you can write your own udev rules that match your expectations. > I've had it with Linux. It's no longer for power users. It's so complex > that it's only for idiot users that are content with the shoddy defaults, > and (paid) developers. You're not ranting about Linux but about your Distro. Complain on the corresponding distro-specific mailing list, use another distro and and stop whining. Thanks Andre -- The only person who always got his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe
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