Ubuntu slow boot

Hey, guys. I kinda have question on ubuntu again. I just realized ubuntu boots slightly slower than vista on my laptop. I mean the time it takes before get into the log in screen. I found people saying it is about configuring network interface problem and I took their advices to edit /etc/network/interfaces file. However, it still boot somehow slower than vista (ubuntu 35s, vista 32s), according to my watch ^_^. Any advice I can make ubuntu to boot faster?

Thanks

 

There's not much you can do about it for the moment, although Ubuntu is working on a revised boot routine that should be much faster.

Also remember that Windows "cheats" when it comes to system startup; it's still busily loading in the background once you've reached the desktop. Once you hit the desktop in linux, the system's all yours.

 

Thanks TedJ. I'm just curious coz I found someone telling that his machine boots withing 15 seconds LoL.

 

Ubuntu isn't exactly the leanest of systems. They cater to the general population, so they include lot of things you may not need.

I got an 18 second boot time using Arch Linux. However, it is more difficult to set up and get things like power management running smoothly.

 

Here is something that may help assuming you're running Ubuntu 7.04. Go into a terminal, and type:

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

and enter your password. A text editor should pop up with the interfaces file. Simply comment out everything except the "lo" interface as per my example below:

Code:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

#auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp

#auto eth1
#iface eth1 inet dhcp

#auto eth2
#iface eth2 inet dhcp

#auto ath0
#iface ath0 inet dhcp

#auto wlan0
#iface wlan0 inet dhcp

This will especially help if your boot seems to hang at one spot for a long time, as this is usually the problem, especially on newer computers.

 

Many thanks. I already did that. ^_^