Maybe you should do backup and do a fresh installation. Your results just don't sound right and they do not match mine or those of others. I am wondering if you installed anything that it would be dumping or backing up.
Roy Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and .... free! Support Open source. <*,)}}+< Only dead fish go with the flow! ----- Original Message ---- From: Bruce Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 11:24:50 AM Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Ubuntu 8.10 beta, fresh installation Linux Canuck wrote: > I just did a fresh installation of the Intrepid beta. I had been running the > 64-bit alpha and I wanted to start clean. It took under 20 minutes to > install. It boots in under 30 seconds from grub screen to login screen. It > shuts down in under 10 seconds. This is the fastest booting and shutdown that > I have seen on any distro. Programs seem to load more quickly and performance > is snappier. I am using the 32-bit version. I had been running the 64-bit > alpha. Why the switch? It just is more straightforward and with the > enhancements in speed, I didn't want to go through the hassles associated > with running 64-bit. I still have the 64-bit version of 8.04 installed. I > will start porting over my settings and data once I am satisfied that > Intrepid is stable. There is no doubt that it will become my everyday distro > in the near future. > > I wish I could get shutdown times anywhere near those with Intrepid beta. It takes about 17 sec. to shutdown hardy and 3 minutes 15 sec. to shut down Intrepid on my computer. Bruce -- Take off all your clothes and walk down the street waving a machete and firing an Uzi, and terrified citizens will phone the police and report: `There`s a naked person outside!`" __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
