Re: Speeding up boot time

[Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>]

Michael Pobega <pobega@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm looking to speed up my Debian Etch boot speed, but I have no idea
> where to start.

It is said that linking /bin/sh to dash instead of bash should speed up
the boot process. The Debian Way to do this is:

dpkg-divert --add /bin/sh
ln -si /bin/dash /bin/sh

I have this on my own system, but never tested if it's actually faster.

Regards,
Andrei
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