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Re: Linux: concerns over systemd [OT]


From: Larry Sheldon <larrysheldon () cox net>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 23:29:22 -0500

On 10/22/2014 23:02, Jim Mercer wrote:

if reducing boot time from 20 minutes down to 1 minute, in a server environment,
is a serious issue for you, maybe you should be looking at why you need to
reboot so often?


That is the question I have been asking myself.

Back in the day we took it a a failure if a reboot happened. (I remember discussions about needing to reboot to keep counters from overflowing. I thought programming for counter wrap was a better idea.)

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