Hi, I am just trying to shorten the booting time of my machine. rc-status gives me the following output: # rc-status * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] Runlevel: default xdm [ started ] ntp-client [ started ] local [ started ] net.eth0 [ started ] netmount [ started ] alsasound [ started ] I don't mount any network filesystems at bootup time, here is my /etc/fstab: #################/etc/fstab################### /dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2 /dev/sda2 / reiserfs noatime,rw 0 1 /dev/sda6 /home reiserfs noatime,rw 0 1 /dev/sda7 /dat1 reiserfs noatime,rw 0 0 /dev/sda8 /dat2 xfs noatime,rw 0 0 /dev/sda10 /mp3 vfat noatime,rw 0 0 /dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom1 auto noauto,ro,user,sync 0 0 /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom0 auto noauto,ro,user,sync 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user 0 0 /dev/palmsd /mnt/palmsd auto sync,noauto,user 0 0 192.168.65.12:/data0 /shfsdata shfs noauto,user 0 0 # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 ######################################### can I safely remove netmount from runlevel "default"? and what exactly is in "local"? cu Dieter -- Frank Castle is dead! Call me 'The PUNISHER'!