why my FC6 start so slowly?

[John]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> John wrote:
>   
>> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>>     
>
>   
>>> That sounds like the system is trying to do a DNS lookup, and/or
>>> taking a while to do the DHCP handshake/settings. With the cable
>>> unplugged, it does not try to access the network. (As long as your
>>> NIC and driver supports link detection - most do.)
>>>
>>> Are you connected to a router? Is the interface set for dynamic or
>>> static IP? Did you set a hostname?
>>>
>>> Mikkel
>>>   
>>>       
>> Turning off the services sounds fine; I'm tucked behind a  router.
>>
>>            John
>>
>>     
> Turning off sendmail will give you problems when cron jobs, or other
> programs try to send you mail. (That is why sendmail is installed
> and enabled by default.) What may be happening is that the hostname
> you are using is not in /etc/hosts, and doing a lookup using the
> name servers set by DHCP is failing. You can use the hostname
> command to see what your hostname is set to. The default is
> localhost.localdomain and is mapped to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts.
>
> Mikkel
>   
  I changed the hostname a while back; I'll try the default again, when 
I have a moment.
  Coworker has me looking at an old Dell laptop (why is it running so 
slow?). I just about died laughing-- WinXP Home on a 300 PII with 64mb 
of ram... Well, duh...