Fedora Desktop System Boot Time

[David Curry]

John Wendel wrote:

> David Curry wrote:
>
>> SNIP
>
>> Apparently, each of the above programs can be eliminated from boot 
>> startup by deleting the symlink files in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d & rc5.d.  
>> Are there strong reasons to not remove any of the above from boot 
>> startup?
>>
>> Are there additional programs that could be dropped from boot startup 
>> without affecting the functionality of the SOHO type system outlined?
>
>
> As Dave Jones mentioned, use "chkconfig" or the gui to disable 
> services instead of messing with the symlinks by hand.
>
> Here are the services that I run on my desktop FC3 system. Perfectly 
> functional, except that I have scripts that I run myself that replace 
> the normal cron scripts.
>
> syslog
> network
> cups
> xfs
> iptables
> haldaemon
> messagebus
>
> Boots from power off to level 3 login prompt in 41 seconds (including 
> the grub timeout).
>
> Regards,
>
> John Wendel
>
Thanks, John.  Your list of services is indeed pretty sparse and I love 
that boot time!  Double checking on xfs (X font server), there is no 
question as to why it is there.  :-)