Dylan wrote:
Hi All,
How do I go about finding out what's going on with the initrd?
On one of my machines (an 8-core unit with SSD root drive) there is a 5 second wait while loading initrd, and the rest of the boot process takes a further 5 seconds...
On the other desktop (dual-core, standard HDs) and an old (3years+) netbook (celeron with old SSD) the initrd is loaded within a second.
I'm working on the hypothesis that the main machine's initrd is doing or loading a lot more than on the other two machines, but how do I find out.
In fact, since there is no separate /boot partition, I'm wondering if I even need the initrd? If not, how do I disable it?
You need the initrd unless you've compiled every needed module into the kernel. Check the size of your initrd in /boot. Also, you could try adding "compact" to your lilo config (or the equivalent to your grub ditto). -- Per Jessen, Zürich (19.0°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free DNS hosting, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org