Re: [CentOS] Boot speed

2011-05-03 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: > On 5/3/2011 9:42 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> >>> If you've got one nic, it'a a pretty sure bet that any detection order >>> is going to call it eth0. Add a few more and I think you'll change >>> your >>> opinion, especially with that headless situation where all you can do

Re: [CentOS] Boot speed

2011-05-03 Thread Les Mikesell
On 5/3/2011 9:42 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > >> If you've got one nic, it'a a pretty sure bet that any detection order >> is going to call it eth0. Add a few more and I think you'll change your >> opinion, especially with that headless situation where all you can do is >> move wires until ssh wo

Re: [CentOS] Boot speed

2011-05-03 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: > On 5/3/2011 8:49 AM, Brunner, Brian T. wrote: >> >>> So you save a second in boot time, then waste half an hour trying to >>> figure out which wire goes to which network interface... Doesn't >>> sound like a win to me unless you only have one NIC. >> >> I got one nic on one

Re: [CentOS] Boot speed

2011-05-03 Thread Les Mikesell
On 5/3/2011 9:01 AM, Steve Clark wrote: > >> Trying to save a few seconds when rebooting a server seems >> pointlessto me > The Linux kernel is also used in laptops/desktops Fast boots also matter for embedded systems. >>> +1 >>> >>> So does booting on small, non-PAE hardware. >>>

Re: [CentOS] Boot speed

2011-05-03 Thread Les Mikesell
On 5/3/2011 8:49 AM, Brunner, Brian T. wrote: > >> >> So you save a second in boot time, then waste half an hour trying to >> figure out which wire goes to which network interface... Doesn't >> sound like a win to me unless you only have one NIC. > > I got one nic on one single-core non-PAE i586

Re: [CentOS] Boot speed

2011-05-03 Thread Steve Clark
On 05/03/2011 09:25 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: On 5/3/11 8:17 AM, Brunner, Brian T. wrote: centos-boun...@centos.org wrote: On 5/2/2011 10:25 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: Trying to save a few seconds when rebooting a server seems pointlessto me The Linux kernel is also used in laptops/desktops Fast

Re: [CentOS] Boot speed

2011-05-03 Thread Brunner, Brian T.
centos-boun...@centos.org wrote: > On 5/3/11 8:17 AM, Brunner, Brian T. wrote: >> centos-boun...@centos.org wrote: >>> On 5/2/2011 10:25 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> > Trying to save a few seconds when rebooting a server seems > pointlessto me The Linux kernel is also used in

Re: [CentOS] Boot speed

2011-05-03 Thread Les Mikesell
On 5/3/11 8:17 AM, Brunner, Brian T. wrote: > centos-boun...@centos.org wrote: >> On 5/2/2011 10:25 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Trying to save a few seconds when rebooting a server seems pointlessto me >>> >>> The Linux kernel is also used in laptops/desktops >> >> Fast boots also matte

Re: [CentOS] Boot speed (was: RHEL 6.1 beta)

2011-05-03 Thread Brunner, Brian T.
centos-boun...@centos.org wrote: > On 5/2/2011 10:25 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: >>> Trying to save a few seconds when rebooting a server seems >>> pointlessto me >> >> The Linux kernel is also used in laptops/desktops > > Fast boots also matter for embedded systems. +1 So does booting on sm

Re: [CentOS] Boot speed (was: RHEL 6.1 beta)

2011-05-02 Thread Warren Young
On 5/2/2011 10:25 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: >>> >> Trying to save a few seconds when rebooting a server seems pointlessto me > > The Linux kernel is also used in laptops/desktops Fast boots also matter for embedded systems. We integrate a series of Linux-based boxes made by another company into ou