How to speed up startup?

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 03:43:04PM +0800, Shixin Zeng wrote:

> I've installed it. And it load the proper module, such as snd-ymfpci,
> uhci-hcd etc, before the hotplug script start.
> So, my question is:
> As discover is already load the modules, is it necessary to run
> /etc/init.d/hotplug at boot time?
> If I disable it, a lot of boot time will be saved.
> What is the consequnces if I disable it at boot time. Can I use
> hotplug devices, such as USB storage, at running time nomally?

You don't want discover; it is obsolete and unsupported.  You really do want
hotplug installed for proper functionality.

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 - mdz