Load time is rediculous

[erik burggraaf]

Well, There's no delay setting in my lilo file.  What if I put one in below
the timeout.  It would look something like:
"delay = 10
I'd just go ahead and do it, but I don't want to have to rescue my system if
it coughs on the command.
Thanks,
Erik
----- Original Message -----
From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at attbi.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: Load time is rediculous


> Does the kernel try to probe for any devices during this time period?
> Which setting specifically did you change? The timeout or the delay (both
> settings under boot message). If you are going to change any timeouts I'd
> suggest changing the delay to boot the first image, which defaults to 20
> seconds.
>
> May you code in the power of the source,
> may the kernel, libraries, and utilities be with you,
> throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch.
>
> On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, erik burggraaf wrote:
>
> > Hi guys, I'm back at work on my little linux box.  Well, we have this
> > problem of load time.  It runs to about 3 minutes, which is rediculous,
> > since for about 2 minutes 30 seconds, it's just sitting there picking
it's
> > nose.  I've used vi to edit the /etc/lilo.conf file so that the timeout
has
> > been set from 1200 down to 10.  This hasn't had any effect on my load
time,
> > though.  Is there another setting in there I should look at?  Could
there be
> > another reason for the problem?  Am I stuck with this?  Please say I'm
not
> > stuck.  Smile.
> > Help much appreciated as always.
> > Cheers,
> > Erik
> >
> >
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