can one bypass "autoconfiguring devices.."

Forum: HD Install
Topic: can one bypass "autoconfiguring devices.."
started by: namezk

Posted by namezk on June 15 2005,16:22

I have a DSL HD install on a P1 133 with 96MB of RAM, the hardware will not change on this box. I'm trying to speed up the boot process, I was able to cut it down quite a bit using the append options in lilo.
Can I bypass the "autoconfiguring devices.." process? is it needed for every boot? Like I said, my hardware will not change. If it is possible, can somebody tell me how?

thank you very much in advance.

Posted by tempestuous on June 16 2005,14:48

Add the boot option "nohwsetup".

If you want to see exactly what's going on, have a look at the main bootup script /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig.

Long bootup annoys me, too.

Posted by namezk on June 21 2005,15:05

Thanks for the reply, I did try the nohwsetup in the append line in lilo, it did not work. The computer still goes through the green progress bar saying: Autoconfiguring devices..

Can somebody tell me if that can be bypassed please? this is a slow pc to begin with, I need it to boot as fast as possible.

Thanks.

Posted by tempestuous on June 22 2005,04:35

It definitely works, I just tried it while booting from liveCD.

Is it possible that you amended your LILO configuration file, but forgot to run "lilo" afterwards?