why my FC6 start so slowly?

[Aaron Konstam]

On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 13:17 -0500, John wrote:
> Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 00:12 -0500, John wrote:
> >   
> >> Aaron Konstam wrote:
> >>     
> >>> 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
> >>>>
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> A problem with you Internet access can slow up any service that depends
> >>> on it.
> >>>       
> >
> >   
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> :) After all the years with Windows, the net doesn't get turned on until 
> >> everything is running.
> >>     
> > That is not true in Linux. Have your machine start Internet at boot and
> > try to reboot your machine and things like sendmail starting will be
> > very slow.
> > The suggestion of slow DNS service is also a good one.
> >   
> Huh, I kinda wondered... force of habit and not knowing any different I 
> guess.
It would be easier to understand if I did no leave out some essential
words in my e-mail.
What I meant is configure your machine to bring up the Internet at boot
and then pull out the Internet wire ; and then reboot. It will be slow.
-- 
Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>