Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:46:10 -0700 From: Phill Hocking <phocking@no-wire.net> To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot Time with Nanobsd Message-ID: <44D4D962.5000408@no-wire.net> In-Reply-To: <200608051131.16083.rmiranda@digitalrelay.ca> References: <200608040821.54035.rmiranda@digitalrelay.ca> <44D3A209.60607@no-wire.net> <200608051131.16083.rmiranda@digitalrelay.ca>
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Roger Miranda (Digital Relay) wrote: > On a personal level, i'm sorry for being a newbie to customizing freebsd. I've > used for quite a while, but just as a desktop. > > The company I work for now, work at creating customized network appliances. > I'm just trying to grasp the concept so many i can move up in the company. > > But I really do appreciate the help. > Thank You, > Roger > > On Friday 04 August 2006 14:37, you wrote: > >> Roger Miranda (Digital Relay) wrote: >> >>> Good Day Everyone, >>> >>> I finally got Nanobsd up and running, and have done some customizations >>> to it's kernel and have added some packages. >>> >>> The one small issue I had from the start was the time it took for nanobsd >>> to start up. It just sits there with the cursor on the screen for almost >>> 30seconds. >>> >>> Any ideas? Can this be fixed? >>> >>> Thanks for all your help. >>> >>> Roger >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-small@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-small >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-small-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> You aren't really familiar with linux/unix are you? I suppose you could >> see if DOS would be quicker for your application. Anyhow, take every >> device driver that is not necessary out of your kernel config file. I >> imagine you are using GENERIC, which has twenty different RAID drivers >> and fifteen different Ethernet chipsets. Most embedded systems take >> between 30s and 1min to get booted, in that sense it is just like a >> standard pc. Hell my 400mhz mips (probably 2-3x faster than your board) >> MikroTik 532 takes 25 seconds or so to get booted up, and RouterOS is >> only 7mb. >> > > I wasn't trying to be an asshat dude; I'm merely suggesting in a respectful way to get a basic backgrounder on configuring kernels, performance tuning, cruft cutting, and port monkeying before you dive in head-first to embedded stuff. If you managed to compile a kernel and get it onto the device you are ahead of the curve. Now read the Handbook until your eyes bleed. :D -- Phillip Hocking Director of Operations Network Engineer No-Wire Communications phocking@no-wire.net www.no-wire.net
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