Speeding Up Boot?

solarwind · 2008-03-31 05:44:21

Arch Linux is already a pretty speedy distro and boots quite quickly. Is there a way to get it to boot any faster? Any ideas?

brebs · 2008-03-31 05:58:11

See wiki.

zio · 2008-03-31 06:02:00

1) custom kernel with all your hardware static compiled.
2) pacman -S preload and add it your rc.conf
3) pacman prelink and set it up
4) edit rc.conf and and @ infront of daemons to background them. make sure you know what should be backgrounded

Last edited by zio (2008-03-31 06:03:11)

solarwind · 2008-03-31 06:05:48

Thanks. How do I know what should be backgrounded? Also, what's the deal with prelink? I hear it's risky to use.

zio · 2008-03-31 06:17:02

prelink basically records the dynamic links needed by an executable and embeds it.. speeding it up. it only breaks when underlying libraries are upgraded and prelink is not run. Its very effective for KDE and GNOME and apps that are linked against alot of libraries

solarwind · 2008-03-31 06:24:54

zio wrote:

prelink basically records the dynamic links needed by an executable and embeds it.. speeding it up. it only breaks when underlying libraries are upgraded and prelink is not run. Its very effective for KDE and GNOME and apps that are linked against alot of libraries

So how exactly do I prevent this breakage? Is there any disadvantage to prelink?

zio · 2008-03-31 07:09:16

disadvantage are some binaries slow down if there not re-prelinked, after the libraries it depends on are updated or changed. as long as you run prelink say after you do a system update, performance wont degrade.

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solarwind · 2008-03-31 12:12:49

zio wrote:

disadvantage are some binaries slow down if there not re-prelinked, after the libraries it depends on are updated or changed. as long as you run prelink say after you do a system update, performance wont degrade.

But is there a chance that it could totally mess up my system?

henriknj · 2008-03-31 21:27:38

Consider fs-fcache, if it still works.
and btw, it isn't necessary to use prelinking anymore.

Last edited by henriknj (2008-03-31 21:27:54)

solarwind · 2008-03-31 21:31:29

henriknj wrote:

Consider fs-fcache, if it still works.
and btw, it isn't necessary to use prelinking anymore.

Let's say I want my programs to run faster, prelink is still good, right? I'll try fs-fcache.

solarwind · 2008-03-31 21:32:39

Is it already included in the kernel?

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