Slackware Fast Boot

add “compact” in global section like this :

append=” vt.default_utf8=0″
boot = /dev/sda
compact

save and run lilo.

rc.M

 

The /etc/rc.d/rc.M file is run when the system boots into multi user mode. 
There are three edits in this file that will greatly improve boot time. 
First, place an ‘&’ following the line that initializes the hotplug system. Find this section:

# Initialize the hotplugging subsystem for Cardbus, IEEE1394, PCI, 

and USB devices:

if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.hotplug -a -r /proc/modules ]; then

  # Don't run hotplug if 'nohotplug' was given at boot.

  if ! grep nohotplug /proc/cmdline 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then

    echo "Activating hardware detection:  /etc/rc.d/rc.hotplug start"

    . /etc/rc.d/rc.hotplug start

  fi

fi

And add the ‘&’ at the end of the . /etc/rc.d/rc.hotplug start line like this:

# Initialize the hotplugging subsystem for Cardbus, IEEE1394, PCI, 

and USB devices:

if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.hotplug -a -r /proc/modules ]; then

  # Don't run hotplug if 'nohotplug' was given at boot.

  if ! grep nohotplug /proc/cmdline 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then

    echo "Activating hardware detection:  /etc/rc.d/rc.hotplug start"

    . /etc/rc.d/rc.hotplug start &

  fi

fi

Next, find the following section and comment it out by placing a ‘#’ in front of each line.

# Update all the shared library links:

if [ -x /sbin/ldconfig ]; then

  echo "Updating shared library links:  /sbin/ldconfig"

  /sbin/ldconfig

fi

# Update the X font indexes:

if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache ]; then

  echo "Updating X font indexes:  /usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache"

  /usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache

fi

That section should now look like the following.

# Update all the shared library links:

#if [ -x /sbin/ldconfig ]; then

#  echo "Updating shared library links:  /sbin/ldconfig"

#  /sbin/ldconfig

#fi

# Update the X font indexes:

#if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache ]; then

#  echo "Updating X font indexes:  /usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache"

#  /usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache

#fi

These commands only need to be run on occasion. Updating shared libraries really only needs 
to be done when you add or remove shared libraries, and similarly X font indexes only when fonts 
are added and removed