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markp1989

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Registered: 2008-10-05

Posts: 431

loading initial ram disk takes alot longer after updating motherboard

Im not sure if this is the right place to post this...

on my old motherboard , when i installed Arch. the installer used hardware detect to make the initial ram disk specific for that computer.

NOw i have updated my  motherboard, the initial ram disk is still the same 1 as created during the install.

during boot, the loading inital ram disk, used to take almost no time atal, now it takes longer then it used to.

Is there a way for me to run the hardware detection to make the initial ram disk better suited to the new motherboard?

Thanks Markp1989

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: loading initial ram disk takes alot longer after updating motherboard

mkinitcpio will do that for you. Read the man page, wiki page, and/or mkinitcpio -h for details.