On Mondayen den 22 October 2001 12.20, Pixel wrote: > 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!
Great thanks, it must have been just that. But to boost the boot further I unpacked the modules, I have to deliver the box today. And in fact it was invoked as "depmod -A", not as I thought. Hmmm, this "-A" swith is neat! Thanks, and sorry for the noise... -- Oden Eriksson, Jokkmokk, Sweden. Mandrake Linux release 8.2 (Cooker) for i586, kernel 2.4.12-3mdk. Uptime: 1 day
