[gentoo-amd64] netmount and local

[gentoo-amd64] netmount and local

[Dieter Ries]

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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


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Re: [gentoo-amd64] netmount and local

[Daemon Xavier]

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I honestly don't think thats going to shorten your boot time more than a
second, and i can't remember what exactly netmount is, but i think it is
related to the status of your net.eth0.  That and your using an amd64 bit
gentoo, dont know what could make your boot faster, um better processor?
more ram?  How long does your boot normally take?  Because yes not mounting
any file systems is a nice jump, but other than that I think you're fine.

On 1/5/07, Dieter Ries <clip2@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> 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'!
>
>
>


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[gentoo-amd64] Re: netmount and local

[Duncan]

Dieter Ries <clip2@gmx.de> posted 200701052258.43646.clip2@gmx.de,
excerpted below, on  Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:58:41 +0100:

> can I safely remove netmount from runlevel "default"?
> and what exactly is in "local"?

Yes, you should be able to remove netmount.  That's for if you have any
NFS or the like filesystems, which you apparently don't.

local contains whatever misc. stuff you want to put in it (by adding it
to /etc/conf.d/local), normally nothing, unless you've put something in it
to run. As such, you should be able to safely remove it from the list, but
it's not going to shorten your boot time but maybe a fraction of a second,
as it's normally empty.  The idea is that it gives you somewhere to put
your own little scripts or whatever, so you can load them at boot without
having to create an entire boot service skeleton complete with the usual
service start, stop, restart, etc functions.  Like I said, you can safely
remove it if you've put nothing in it, but it's not going to change your
bootup time noticeably at all, and it's convenient to have if you ever
have something without a full bootscript you want to start, so you might
just leave it there.  It's up to you.

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