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Boot configuration in Debian Sarge for TP 600x
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:24 pm
by BigCatAndy
Hello everybody!
I have a question: I would like to optimize boot process on my TP 600X running Debian Sarge. I found how the services are started, but I don't know which ones are mandatory, and which ones are optional. I would like to exclude those which - in general - can be avoided, in order to release the memory.
Could anybody give me some hints/examples about this issue?
Regards,
Andrey.
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:23 pm
by revolutionary_one
That's a tricky question because we dont know EXACTLY what you want in your functional linux system.
I suggest you apt-get install sysv-rc-conf and then issue it as root to see whatever gets init-ed at various runlevels. Then google whatever services are started up and whether you need them or not.
WARNING!: if you are UNSURE about ANY of the init scripts that you may disable, DON'T disable them. Ask in #debian (on irc.freenode.net) and ask about whether they are essential for your uses.
Cheers
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:20 pm
by BigCatAndy
Hello.
revolutionary_one wrote:That's a tricky question because we dont know EXACTLY what you want in your functional linux system.
I suggest you apt-get install sysv-rc-conf and then issue it as root to see whatever gets init-ed at various runlevels. Then google whatever services are started up and whether you need them or not.
I tried already this tool, but I had some problems with understanding of the notations there. Perhaps, it's just a lack of knowledge in the "Init-V" process - I will try to fix it!
WARNING!: if you are UNSURE about ANY of the init scripts that you may disable, DON'T disable them. Ask in #debian (on irc.freenode.net) and ask about whether they are essential for your uses.
Cheers
Thanx for the warning,
greetings from Hamburg.
A.
Kernel change: 2.4 -> 2.6
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:23 pm
by BigCatAndy
It's me again...
I also would like to gain some information about possible consequences - in the sense of performance - of the kernel change from 2.4 to 2.6.
At the present I'm inspecting my system. If it is insteresting, I can post here the results of that exploration and possible solutions - in the case if "bottlenecks" are found.
Regards,
A.
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:58 pm
by revolutionary_one
You should switch to 2.6. it s a better overall kernel.
Lots of help on the ubuntu forums about init in linux.
cheers.
Thanks
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 3:49 am
by BigCatAndy
Thanks for the hint.
At the repsent I try to understand, why I don't have /etc/modprobe.conf file, but /etc/modprobe.d/ directory.
Any ideas?
Regards,
A.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 11:11 am
by revolutionary_one
If i remember correctly, /etc/modprobe.conf is the equivalent of /etc/modules of the modules section of rc.conf and modules.conf is the equivalent of modprobe.conf in bsd style.
Cheers
Modules' management in Debian
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 1:44 pm
by BigCatAndy
revolutionary_one wrote:If i remember correctly, /etc/modprobe.conf is the equivalent of /etc/modules of the modules section of rc.conf and modules.conf is the equivalent of modprobe.conf in bsd style.
Cheers
Hello.
Hmmm... Didn't catch, sorry... I have /etc/modules file, but no rc.conf file/directory...
I will try to understand, how Debian works with modules...
Thanks for the hint,
Andrey.