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Old 05-07-2007, 09:35 PM   #1 (permalink)
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In my system, while starting up, a process called udev is started after kernel says Welcome to Fedora Core 6. Is udev really required? If not, can i uninstall it so that my startup time will reduce a bit?
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Old 05-07-2007, 10:20 PM   #2 (permalink)
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yes udev is required in the new kernels.
Read the wikipedia page for more info on it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udev
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Thanks!
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without udev,u wont have device files made for u;network nodes,h/w devices etc.
btwn system-config-services will be able to help u stop starting those NFS services etc.
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^^ Thanks for da info!
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