why my FC6 start so slowly?

[John]

David Timms wrote:
> John wrote:
>> redtroy zhang wrote:
>>> I installed FC6 on my IBM R51E laptop.
>>> It worked well before,
>>> but after i update my system with "yum", the kernel changed from 
>>> 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 to 2.6.20-1.2933.fc6.
>>> the new kernel starts quite slowly, when setting host name and 
>>> starting HAL, but the old one goes fast.
>>> what's the problem ? How to fix that problem?
> ..
>>  I have the same thing going on with my Compaq- can't remember (off 
>> hand) which kernel is running.
> Could you see if having your network cable unplugged as you boot up 
> speeds things up ?
> You could also try temporarily removing quiet from the grub kernel 
> line {/boot/grub/grub.conf}
>
> Post back your results.
>
> DavidT.
>
  You know, I did notice something weird- now that you mention the 
cable. The first time I booted up, the cable was connected and the start 
up seemed to spend more time on sendmail (then I thought it should be). 
The 2nd boot up (hrs later) was w/o the cable connected; it booted up 
fairly quickly. The 3rd boot had the cable connected and the start up 
dragged on again.

                John