Well, There's no delay setting in my lilo file. What if I put one in below the timeout. It would look something like: "delay = 10 I'd just go ahead and do it, but I don't want to have to rescue my system if it coughs on the command. Thanks, Erik ----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 2:32 PM Subject: Re: Load time is rediculous > Does the kernel try to probe for any devices during this time period? > Which setting specifically did you change? The timeout or the delay (both > settings under boot message). If you are going to change any timeouts I'd > suggest changing the delay to boot the first image, which defaults to 20 > seconds. > > May you code in the power of the source, > may the kernel, libraries, and utilities be with you, > throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch. > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > --- 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
