On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Gil Baron W0MN wrote:
> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 07:28:30 -0500
> From: Gil Baron W0MN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [expert] SLOW boot
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ellick Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 12:28 AM
> > To: AA/MandrakeExpert
> > Subject: Re: [expert] SLOW boot
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Gil Baron W0MN wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:22:31 -0500
> > > From: Gil Baron W0MN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > To: AA/MandrakeExpert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Subject: [expert] SLOW boot
> > >
> > > My boot proceeds pretty well until it gets to the starting AMD
> > stage. What
> > > is AMD and why would it take over 1 minute at times? Sometimes it is
> > > instantaneous or nearly so.
> > >
> > According to the manpage of amd, it is an automatic filesystem mounter,
> > that fakes itself as an nfs server, I have had similar symtoms in the
> > past, but stopped using amd. The mere act of faking an nfs server is
> > probably the reason for it's erratic behavior, as conditions such as
> > network connectivity, and other such variables become hard to juggle.
> > Another possible cause is an error in /etc/hosts, as it heavily relies on
> > this file. My recommendation is to disable it entirely.
>
> How?
> TIA.
>
As root, type in ntsysv, and use space to uncheck amd.
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> > > Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/
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> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ellick Chan
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Jul 17
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Regards,
Ellick Chan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jul 18
