Hiya, I stumbled across this article not long ago... http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-boot.html?ca=dgr-lnxw05-obg-BootFast#existing_limitations It presents a method to speed up the boot process by figuring out the dependencies between the services and using make to run them in parallel. It includes a sample implementation. God Bless, John