On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 07:54:09PM -0600, John Schmidt wrote: > On Wednesday 21 March 2007 19:45, Michael Pobega wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 07:32:26PM -0600, John Schmidt wrote: > > > On Wednesday 21 March 2007 18:39, Michael Pobega wrote: > > > > I'm looking to speed up my Debian Etch boot speed, but I have no idea > > > > where to start. > > > > > > > > Currently I have everything default, but I'd like to remove a few > > > > things (Like networking, because networking tries to connect to my > > > > Ethernet and my wireless drivers are loaded separately). > > > > > > > > Are there any easy tools to look through my startup programs, or will > > > > I have to sort through everything manually? > > > > > > > > And if I remove networking, how do I go about using modprobe to start > > > > up my Ethernet in case I ever want to use it/need it at another time > > > > (i.e. When there is a new Debian kernel release I have to reinstall my > > > > wireless before I can do anything)? > > > > > > You should take a look at installing ifplugd (apt-cache show ifplugd) > > > ifupdown, and guessnet. This should allow you to boot normally without > > > having the network timeout if you do not have a cable plugged in for your > > > ethernet connection. > > > > > > John Schmidt > > > > Do you recommend any of those, or would I be safe with just ifplugd > > and ifupdown in case that fails? > > I think ifplugd and ifupdown would be sufficient for your needs. > > John >
Thanks for the tip, now I can finally remove the networking portion from my init files. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
