Linked by Tony Steidler-Dennison on Wed 30th Jul 2008 18:54 UTC
"On those infrequent occasions when you need to reboot Linux, you may find that the process takes longer than you'd like. Jack Wallen shares a number of tricks you can use to reduce boot times." While these tips are intended to shorten Linux boot times, some can also increase the security of your system. Speed and security in ten tips, both well-known and obscure.
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[q#7: Avoid dhcp: This one I was wondering what the heck was the author thinking? The answer to dhcp requests arrives in milliseconds (unless there's something terribly wrong with your system) and it allows for much more flexibility. [/q]
On my systems it takes sometimes a few seconds to get an address, especially wirelessly. If it fails to get an address (for whatever reason), it may take 30 seconds or so before it gives up. Depending on the OS/Distro, if these task are done serially that can be a significant slowdown.
To me, the biggest speed-up is for most of these tasks to be done in parallel - thus our case of a failed dhcp request wouldn't matter.