TIP: Improve bootup speed by reprofiling bootup

[frankos44]

Shaved about 3 seconds off my boot time, so I'm down to 18 seconds. Better than I thought I'd get, but I'm looking for more.

18 seconds seems like a very good time. What is the spec?

[cipher_no1]

thanx good howto shaved 10 secs of my hardy boot time

[_Stevie_]

hardy has the deb "readahead" installed by default. does that mean
all the tweaking is not necessary anymore?

[jdong]

hardy has the deb "readahead" installed by default. does that mean
all the tweaking is not necessary anymore?

This tweak works with the readahead package to see what *your* system uses at bootup, to gear the readahead sequence to your computer's needs.

[_Stevie_]

ah okay, thanks for the clearification!

[collegeKid28]

For some reason, gedit won't let me save the boot file after deleting its contents. It says, "You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try again."

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[Locke_99GS]

Try running gedit with sudo.

[John Nilsson]

Instead of sudo you can use gksudo. gksudo is a GUI version sudo so that you can use it in a launcher and such without having to open a terminal for the password verification.

[glotz]

You really should use gksudo to run graphical programs. Using sudo there could cause some nasty permissions issues. Use sudo for command line only apps.

As in, drop to the terminal and key in

gksudo gedit and then do the edit and it will save

[collegeKid28]

Thanks to all who helped: glotz, jdong, locke_99gs, and john nilsson; deleting the contents of 'boot' shaved a few seconds off boot up!