* my <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20070302 20:15]: > 1. When using debian pure on a partition I can merely > chroot /thatpartition and apt-get, install, and so. I am never able to > do this in a grml install, which means that if I want to install grml on > partition /blah, I have to be running it in order to work in it, which > is a waste of time.
Huh?! What does not work when running 'chroot /partition-with-grml-on-it' and executing something like 'apt-get update' inside then? > 2. More importantly, I need fast boot times on the laptops. I built > kernel no raid, no shit, in other words, the hardware for the laptop, > plus any conceivable thing that one could plug in. Got rid of every > reference in autoconfig and runlevel.conf that I can imagine, and it > still seeks the raid array, and, since I had no modules, boot up takes > just as long, with the result that the modules are not found. I want > to make it so that there is no reference anywhere to any possible raid > issue, and get rid of that ten second lilo delay as well, as I do not > need it, since I am always able to boot into grml. Likewise, most > laptops have had no floppy drive for at least two years. fd0 does not > exist, never did, never will, why load the module, or if blacklisted, > why seek to seek it? Loading this kernel module does not take any noteworthy time. If you really want to avoid loading of some special kernel modules just run "blacklist $MODULE" on your grml system and it won't be loaded any more. Regarding the "why seek to seek the floppy drive": even though your laptop might not have a floppy *drive* you might have a connector/connection for it on your motherboard. To get rid of the raid stuff: * Deactivate dmraid, mdadm-raid and mdadm in your /etc/runlevel.conf. This means it should look like: # grep -e mdadm -e dmraid /etc/runlevel.conf 03 - - /etc/init.d/dmraid 25 - - /etc/init.d/mdadm-raid 25 0,1,6 - /etc/init.d/mdadm 50 - 0,6 /etc/init.d/mdadm-raid 51 - 0,6 /etc/init.d/dmraid Notice: there's something related to this on our todolist, see http://bts.grml.org/grml/issue89 * Remove the sleep delay in the initrd: # apt-get --reinstall install initramfs-tools # update-initramfs -c -t -k $(uname -r) # lilo # if you use it If you do not need the initrd at all just deactivate it in your lilo.conf/menu.lst. regards, -mika- -- http://grml.org/ # Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins http://wiki.grml.org/ # share your knowledge http://grml.supersized.org/ # the grml development weblog #grml @ irc.freenode.org # meet us on irc
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