boot pauses at start network services

English Install/Boot/Login
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I’m trying to speed up the boot process, and notice the system waits starting network services (fails). The following process aborts (can’t see what it is). I suspect it’s because network service starts before the NIC is recognized. Would this cause the network service to fail? Should network start after the NIC?

I tried pressing F5 during boot, but no change. I use grub2 installed by ubuntu 10.10, not opensuse’s boot loader.

My boot time was 1 minute, until I removed an older ide HDD, and now boot in about 35 seconds from a SDD on a i7 system. Ubuntu 11.10 boots in 10-15 seconds, which I hope to match with opensuse.

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http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-login/470896-sudden-increase-boot-time.html#post2428622

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knocked more time off with:

WAIT_FOR_INTERFACES=“0” # was 30

now at 20-25 seconds. still a wait somewhere after network services, but can’t find it right now