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To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD takes 8 years to boot up 
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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


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