On 10/6/07, Karel Kulhavy  wrote:

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> Is it possible to specify the kernel that the hardware for which there are

> drivers probing for but I don't have in my PC is absent? Since OBSD has no

> suspend to disk/RAM, the bootup speed is critical when working with a laptop

> in public transport.

the majority of devices probe faster than you can blink.  only

exception is floppy, but it's only slow on some machines.
> Or are there any other possible ways how to speed up the bootup process?
i'm not sure what your goal is here.  i can boot and start X in about

30 seconds.  if that's too long, you don't have enough time to get any

work done anyway.