wanna monitor bootup progress on kubuntu natty

[knaxix]

Hey all,

I am using natty but recently after I installed a windows-XP as dual boot, it takes longer to log into my natty (after I enter user/pass in login page) comparing before. I read something about "readahead" in some threads but I believe it can not be the cause in my case.
I am gonna prepare some scripts to monitor all the processes which are being run and specially accessing hard disk during login time. there is a utility which provide image in boot time which I forgot the name but it is not what I need.
any idea about where I can put my script to be run by kubuntu before other processes?

thank you.

[doctordruidphd]

Re: wanna monitor bootup progress on kubuntu natty

See:

man initramfs-tools

you may also need to do some googling on initramfs scripts for further info.

I believe you would put your script in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top

You will need to do a sudo update-initramfs -u after making any changes or adding any scripts.

[oshunluvr]

Re: wanna monitor bootup progress on kubuntu natty

the bootchart utility might be helpful

[knaxix]

Re: wanna monitor bootup progress on kubuntu natty

Thank you so much doctordruidphd, I found initramfs so handy. I will try to finish my script as soon as found some time.

Hi oshunluvr, actually I have tested bootchart but no powerful enough to provide detailed information.