On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 12:06 AM, Toyam Cox <csupercomputergeek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I want to have a sub-30 second boot time, so as to make it possible for me > to power down my computer and power back up at a moment's notice. Right > now, I have a (according to my watch) ~35 second boot time. I used > systemd-analyze, and discovered that NetworkManager.service is running for > 12 seconds of that time! Also, polkit.service runs quite a while after > everything else, but that is less important. > > How do I optimize NetworkManager.service to shorten boot times, especially > as I don't need a network first-thing? > > -- > - Toyam Are you using a display manager? If not (getty), add a snippet for getty@.service to use Type=simple instead of Type=idle (making it start ASAP) and add "quiet" to the kernel command line so boot messages are suppressed. This will allow you to log in with getty while the system is still booting.
