[PC-BSD Testing] Patch to test fast-booting

[Ian McNulty]

Tested from initial boot (pre splash image) to login prompt on a gnome 
desktop with X86 2.4 GHz Pentium and 1gb RAM. (RC3).

Prior to patch, 95 seconds, post patch, 65 seconds. Assuming I boot up 
twice a day, then I save just over 6 hours in a year. That's a few 
decent movies I would have missed.

I did not detect any downside to start up, as desktop was fully 
functional 40 seconds after login in both scenarios.

Looking forward to 9.0.

Thanks and Happy Christmas to all

Ian McNulty



On 19/12/2011 18:39, Kris Moore wrote:
> Testers,
>
> Got a few files here I thought I'd make available for testing to
> evaluate putting them into 9.0.
>
> This updated /etc/rc&  /etc/rc.delay files change how booting works, to
> try and boot us faster to a GUI login. This happens by delaying certain
> services / networking from loading until after the GUI starts. On my
> slower netboot here, it shaved a 84 second boot down to 45ish seconds,
> almost a 50% reduction. I'll be curious to hear about others results,
> plus if any problems occur.
>
> To test this out, first as root do:
>
> # cp /etc/rc /etc/rc.orig
>
> Then copy the attached rc&  rc.delay to /etc/rc and /etc/rc.delay
> respectively.
>
> After that you can reboot and see if it makes any difference for you.
>
> If you want to undo the patch, just do:
>
> # cp /etc/rc.orig /etc/rc
> # rm /etc/rc.delay
>
> I'd be curious to hear about boot-times before and after, I timed it
> here from the boot-splash screen to the time the login appeared for GDM.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
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