On 5/3/11 8:17 AM, Brunner, Brian T. wrote:
centos-bounces@centos.org wrote:
On 5/2/2011 10:25 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
Trying to save a few seconds when rebooting a server seems pointlessto me
The Linux kernel is also used in laptops/desktops
Fast boots also matter for embedded systems.
+1
So does booting on small, non-PAE hardware. RH wants to drop the embedded world, but the centosplus kernel may yet "save us" from ignominy.
So you save a second in boot time, then waste half an hour trying to figure out which wire goes to which network interface... Doesn't sound like a win to me unless you only have one NIC.