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Hardware - Support => Start up and Shutdown => Topic started by: Chris24 on December 01, 2022, 02:34:12 AM

Title: Slow boot time
Post by: Chris24 on December 01, 2022, 02:34:12 AM

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

Title: Re: Slow boot time
Post by: stevef on December 01, 2022, 11:54:54 AM

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.

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systemd-analyze

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systemd-analyze blame

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systemd-analyze critical-chain

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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


 

Title: Re: Slow boot time
Post by: Jerry on December 01, 2022, 12:59:59 PM

A CPU from 2010 won't give you blistering performance against the demands of modern software. Try @stevef suggestions too.

Title: Re: Slow boot time
Post by: GerardDeluna on January 14, 2023, 03:11:05 AM

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