Load time is rediculous

[erik burggraaf]

Hi, I'm using the speakup.i kernel as compiled from  the slackware
instalation iso.  I can't tell what exactly is going on, because the puter
doesn't come up talking til the break is over.  On the other hand, I don't
know the statis of my devices, except for the ones I've mounted personally,
which includes all of my drives and my synth.  I'm researching that right
now.
Cheers,
Erik
----- Original Message -----
From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at attbi.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: Load time is rediculous


> What does the machine do when its sitting there? Is it attempting to probe
> for a device (s)? Have you ever rebuilt your kernel and compile in only
> what is necessary? Or are you using a stock kernel?
>
> 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, To shut down, I do the following.
> > # shutdown -h now
> > The system runs through a process of saving and unmounting, and setting
> > itself up.  Because the system is old, it does not actually power down
> > itself, so, when the shutdown procedure stopps, it finishes with the
prompt
> > shut down now, and there is no more hard drive activity, I power down
the
> > computer.  Then, when I go back to it, I am still left waiting for a
long
> > period petween bios and opporating system load where the computer does
nada.
> > I've also tried rebooting with control alt delete with the same result.
> > Cheers,
> > Erik
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <hallenbeck at valstar.net>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 1:51 PM
> > Subject: Re: Load time is rediculous
> >
> >
> > > You are not stuck. Chances are that you are shutting your
> > > computer down incorrectly. If you shut your computer down without
> > > going through the normal shutdown procedure your disk partitions
> > > are tagged as having been incorrectly shut down, and a lengthy
> > > file system check is performed when you boot up again. My guess
> > > is that is what is happening.
> > >
> > > Chuck
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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