Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 18:02:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Dexnation Holodream <dex@wankers.net> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no>, "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, "Jeff W." <dmt@bigfoot.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD takes 8 years to boot up Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980822180231.339A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199808211603.JAA11465@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca>
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On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Cy Schubert wrote: > > Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> writes: > > > It also may be a good idea to remove other unused devices from the=20 > > > kernel as well. The disadvantage to this is that every time you change=20 > > > your configuration you will need to rebuild the kernel. Hopefully that=20 > > > won't be that often. > > > > Recompiling the kernel on anything above P150 is a matter of a couple > > of minutes at most if you use the '-n' option to config (but remember > > to always make depend!) The advantages are quicker booting and a > > smaller memory footprint. > > On my 486/DX33 it took approximately 90 minutes, on my P120 it takes > about 6 minutes and on the P333's here at work it takes about 2 minutes. > it takes about 2 minutes on an AMD K6-233, as well, FYI To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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