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Date:      21 Aug 1998 17:56:28 +0200
From:      dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= )
To:        Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
Cc:        "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:  <xzpww82uy4z.fsf@grjottunagard.ifi.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group's message of "Fri, 21 Aug 1998 06:36:44 -0700"
References:  <199808211337.GAA08894@cwsys.cwsent.com>

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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 
> kernel as well.  The disadvantage to this is that every time you change 
> your configuration you will need to rebuild the kernel.  Hopefully that 
> 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.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no

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