Gutsy speed

[James Takac]

On Thursday 06 December 2007 22:45:05 Jef Driesen wrote:
> Davide Corio wrote:
> > Il giorno gio, 06/12/2007 alle 13.20 +0100, Stefano Menegazzi ha
> >
> > scritto:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> i was wondering about incresing ubuntu boot speed...
> >> right now it takes much time to get ready, is there any
> >> trick to make it faster?
> >
> > What do you mean with much time? 30 secs or 5 mins?
> >
> > On my C2D 2.0Ghz with 1GB ram, it takes about 20 secs (about 1 minute
> > and more for Vista)
>
> I'm also interested in some speed improvements. My ubuntu laptop needs
> approximately 5 mins to boot. It is a Core 2 Duo 1.83GHz with 2GB ram,
> so it is very similar to your system. Even my much older desktop system
> (P4 3.2GHz) boots much faster. The first part of the boot sequence
> (where the splash screen with the progress bar is shown) is reasonable
> fast, but once X comes up, I have to wait several minutes before my
> gnome desktop appears. During that time, I only see a light brown
> background color.



Hi guys

Actually did a google for "ubuntu boot optimizations" and this site caught my 
eye

http://digg.com/linux_unix/Making_Ubuntu_boot_in_19_seconds

James