On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 19:47:52 +0800 Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 02/12/05, Emiel Kollof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > See subject for a pet peeve I've had for a while... > > > > Might it be an idea to copy FreeBSD here and shorten that to, say, > > 5 seconds by default? I know it's tunable, but it will shorten boot > > times a bit for people that are too lazy like me :) > > > > That and 15 seconds seems a bit too long. Know of any hardware that > > actually needs that long to settle in? (and don't you guys go dig > > up the most antiquated SCSI peripherals that actually do need 15 > > seconds ;) ) If yes, I'll just shut up about this. > > > > Cheers, > > Emiel > > -- > > The real pain for me is,
What would you do with the 15 seconds you save once in a while? It's not really a problem and if you see it that way then recompile your kernel like real men do. > with GENERIC (eg, installation kernel), you > end up waiting that time even when you don't have SCSI, can't it > detect that theres nothing but IDE ? >
