Re: [gNewSense-users] Slow boot

[Lars Nooden]

On Fri, 18 Feb 2011, Sam Geeraerts wrote:
> Remove the "initrd" line from boot.cfg. See also initrd bug report [1]. 
> There's a patch that's supposed to improve initrd loading [2]. I don't know 
> if there are any PMON2000 binaries that have it.
>
> [1] https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?28620
> [2] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnewsense-dev/2010-08/msg00048.html

Thanks, Paul and Sam.

Removing the initrd line from boot.cfg sped things up a lot.

The reason I use boot.cfg is so that I don't have to set the pmon 
variables.  That way I can have different systems on CF and simply swap 
out the chip to change systems.  Or put in another chip to do a clean 
installation.  It's sometimes slower to run than a normal HD and 
definitely slower to install.  Also, I am surprised to find that some of 
the CF connectors coming loose physically, ruining the card.

/Lars