On Friday 01 May 2009 17:52:54 Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Fri, May 01 2009, Randy Patterson wrote: > > My intention at this point is to make a detailed list of the > > components on a particular system so I can remove everything that is > > not needed. These would be older systems that will never be upgraded > > or need new hardware so the kernel don't need a lot of options > > concerning hardware. For example, I have used ext3 on the drives and > > they don't need to access anything else and will remove all support > > for ext2, ext4, NTFS and everything else. I intend to compile > > everything into the kernel without using modules. It's my > > understanding from what I have read that this will result in a leaner > > and some what faster kernel for that system. Is that a reasonable > > assumption and approach? > > This is what I do. I do not use modules or initramfs, and it has > cut down my boot time by about 50%, according to bootchard. > > manoj
For my particular use I rarely reboot so boot time is not as important to me as is speeding up processor intensive applications, Have you seen any advantage of a custom kernel along those lines? Randy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org