You are not stuck. Chances are that you are shutting your computer down incorrectly. If you shut your computer down without going through the normal shutdown procedure your disk partitions are tagged as having been incorrectly shut down, and a lengthy file system check is performed when you boot up again. My guess is that is what is happening. Chuck On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, erik burggraaf wrote: > Hi guys, I'm back at work on my little linux box. Well, we have this > problem of load time. It runs to about 3 minutes, which is rediculous, > since for about 2 minutes 30 seconds, it's just sitting there picking it's > nose. I've used vi to edit the /etc/lilo.conf file so that the timeout has > been set from 1200 down to 10. This hasn't had any effect on my load time, > though. Is there another setting in there I should look at? Could there be > another reason for the problem? Am I stuck with this? Please say I'm not > stuck. Smile. > Help much appreciated as always. > Cheers, > Erik > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- The Moon is Waxing Crescent (5% of Full) So visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck
