Slow boot time

[Chris24]

Hi All
I just installed Lite a couple of days ago and am very pleased with the OS except for one thing; on my old Acer laptop (Pentium P6200, 3gb RAM, 500GB HD, on which I cleared everything before installation) the machine is taking around 3 minutes to boot. Any suggestions?

Many thanks for any help.

Chris

[stevef]

Topic moved to Startup and Shutdown section.

Using an SSD (if not already) reduces the time required for disk access.

Checking what these commands show might be a starting point to see how the boot up time is spent.

Code:

systemd-analyze

Code:

systemd-analyze blame

Code:

systemd-analyze critical-chain

Code:

journalctl -b -0

(run this just after a boot)

If unnecessary services are being started at boot, disabling them may help.
Setting static addressing if possible removes the DHCP time

[valtam]

A CPU from 2010 won't give you blistering performance against the demands of modern software. Try [member=9039]stevef[/member] suggestions too.

[GerardDeluna]

Thanks for the suggestion. I will message here if I face any problem.