[TriLUG] Speeding up the boot process of a Linux box

[jonc at nc.rr.com]

Interesting article. Well written:

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-boot-faster/index.html?
ca=dgr-lnxw01FC-FastLinuxBoot

One of the biggest complaints about Linux®, particularly from 
developers, is the speed with which Linux boots. By default, Linux is 
a general-purpose operating system that can serve as a client desktop 
or server right out of the box. Because of this flexibility, Linux 
serves a wide base but is suboptimal for any particular configuration. 
This article shows you options to increase the speed with which Linux 
boots, including two options for parallelizing the initialization 
process. It also shows you how to visualize graphically the 
performance of the boot process. 

Enjoy - Jon