On Fri 23 Jun 2017 at 08:25:00 (-0600), D. R. Evans wrote: > Fungi4All wrote on 06/22/2017 09:48 PM: > >> From: doc.ev...@gmail.com > >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > >> > >> D. R. Evans wrote on 06/21/2017 09:53 AM: > >> It adds about 30 useless seconds to the boot time while the system waits > >> for it > >> to time out, so it sure would be nice to know how to get rid of the delay > >> somehow. > > > > 30 useless seconds! What has humanity been reduced to? How many times a day > > do you reboot? > > The machine in question is usually used for realtime control of external > hardware. If a reboot is necessary, then those 30 seconds are indeed 30 lost > seconds of ongoing operation. It does matter.
I agree entirely. I also think it's ridiculous and embarrassing that I often have to wait 90 more seconds to close down; wheezy could manage this in 5 or, occasionally, up to 10 seconds. > Anyway, my question is technical, not philosophical, which seems appropriate > for a technical reflector. > > Can anyone provide suggestions as to how to remove this delay? Did you miss https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/06/msg00858.html which gave one possibility? It also asked for two things, neither of which were forthcoming. I can't find any explicit statement as to how you start your network, so any responses have been based on guesswork. Cheers, David.
