why my FC6 start so slowly?

[Aaron Konstam]

On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 12:31 -0500, John wrote:
> 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
> 
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