> OK, le'me explain: > > Booting XP "appears" much faster than other systems, because XP loads up > the initial login prompt before other services. You'll notice this, as > the system stays "busy" for quite a while after the login prompt is > presented to the user. > > Most other systems however, (Linux included) start all system-wide > services before they allow the user to login. > > But all is not lost... I think Linux may be moving toward providing the > same "speed-up". I know that at least Suse uses the same technique to > provide a much faster boot time (from the user's perspective). > > cheers, > Hossein >
I knew that about Windoz but in Windoz XP after about 10 seconds after logging in the system appears ready, the internet works and I don't hear a lot of activity from hard drive. I didn't know SuSE does that. So either I'll do the same trick in Mandrake (if I can) or just give SuSE a try. Thanks! -- Hooman Baradaran [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.hoomanb.com _______________________________________________ bna-linuxiran mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bna-linuxiran
