Oden Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I wonder why the "depmod -a -F /boot/System.map" has to be runs at every 
> boot, I'm setting up a P100, 32MB RAM to act as a firewall here, and this rc 
> step takes forever (maybe 5 minutes) to complete.
> 
> Wouldn't it be smarter to run this whenever the kernel has changed, and not 
> regardless of ?

it should be running "depmod -A" which does the real stuff only if needed 
(see depmod(8))

check the time/date of your box!

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