Re: Optimizing boot times

2005-03-19 Thread Joerg Sommer
Wee-Jin Goh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've run out of things to tweak on my Powerbook, so I thought that I'd > try to improve the boot times :-) > > Currently, on my 1.33 GHz 12", Debian takes about 2 minutes to boot. > What are they steps I need to take to cut this down? What services c

Re: Optimizing boot times

2005-03-15 Thread Michael Schmitz
> Yeah, what is it about exim4 that makes it hang there, sometimes taking > as much as 3 minutes to start? Its really annoying. DNS lookups would be my bet. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Optimizing boot times

2005-03-15 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Ciao ben racher, nel tuo messaggio dicevi: > Yeah, what is it about exim4 that makes it hang there, sometimes taking > as much as 3 minutes to start? Its really annoying. That is probably a bad DNS/hosts setup. Adding in /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 as your machine name should help. Google for it, shou

Re: Optimizing boot times

2005-03-15 Thread Tamas K Papp
On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 11:02:10AM -0500, ben racher wrote: > Yeah, what is it about exim4 that makes it hang there, sometimes taking > as much as 3 minutes to start? Its really annoying. If you don't use the MTA for non-local delivery, replace it with a lightweight MTA, such as masqmail. Make s

Re: Optimizing boot times

2005-03-15 Thread ben racher
Yeah, what is it about exim4 that makes it hang there, sometimes taking as much as 3 minutes to start? Its really annoying. Jack Malmostoso wrote: Ciao Wee-Jin Goh, nel tuo messaggio dicevi: What are they steps I need to take to cut this down? Though Sven and others d

Re: Optimizing boot times

2005-03-15 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Ciao Wee-Jin Goh, nel tuo messaggio dicevi: > What are they steps I need to take to cut this down? Though Sven and others don't suggest it (and I agree with them, even if I use my own kernel), try recompiling your kernel with things builtin instead of keeping them as modules. Remove unnecessary

Optimizing boot times

2005-03-15 Thread Wee-Jin Goh
Hi, I've run out of things to tweak on my Powerbook, so I thought that I'd try to improve the boot times :-) Currently, on my 1.33 GHz 12", Debian takes about 2 minutes to boot. What are they steps I need to take to cut this down? What services can I safely disable (exim4?)? Regards, Wee-Jin --