Stop services on boot

Using synaptic, install sysv-rc-conf

It is far away from being friendly but helps. Run it on a terminal as root.

Alberto

Or execute as root:
update-rc.d -f apache2 remove

same for other services, if you prefer to use a GUI install ksysv
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Or...

If you want to keep apache around and just not have it start at boot:

1. Go to /etc/init.d (as root)

2. Create a new directory within called "old" (no quotes).

3. Move the "apache2" file from /etc/init.d in to the new /etc/init.d/ old file.

4. Reboot for the full experience.

q

In synaptic get ksysv .. it's a GUI based runlevel editor.

The default MEPIS runlevel is runlevel 5. Just drag and drop what you don't want to the trashbin on the left side

Here's a quick list of what I dumped on my machine...

isdnactivecards = ISDN Stuff
isdn* = more ISDN stuff
ppp = I think for dialup..
hpoj = hp office jet printer driver
spamassasin = I don't really need it so far Thunderbird is doing fine.
canna = support for japanese input
apache(2) = no need.. my devel server is elsewhere

just be careful what you remove.. If in doubt LEAVE IT!! I just do a quick google search for each item in the list to get an idea of what it is before I remove it.

good luck.

Yep this is the hands on slackware way but that other GUI tool is pretty cool, too.

Quick and dirty method using command line:

as root cd to /etc/rc5.d (cat /etc/inittab to see that level 5 is default on boot up)
mv S91apache2 s91apache2

any rc script that has lower case letter instead of upper case will not start.

cheers.

Thank You nd3

I followed your suggestions.

How do I stop the floppy boot. I did not see it in there?

Carl

disbale booting from floppy disk from the BIOS

Thank You nd3

I followed your suggestions. It helped.

However, My laptop does not have a floppy. Yet, it still trys to load the floppy,and later in the boot shows an error. I would like to disable that if possible using the KSYS v. I do not see floppy in there. Could it be under another name?

boot time to log in now at 1:15 I would love to bring that down more.

Open to more suggestions.

Carl

Is 5 the only run-level I need to edit? What about others?

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Bob L Hunter
bicycle tourist, bookworm, linux newbie
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For floppy issue, I think it helps if you add on kernel line "nofloppy" if I remember right (so try that when you boot and if it works, add that in /boot/grub/menu.lst to make it permanent)

you need to edit only rc5 since that's what Mepis uses when you boot in a normal way.

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Another text-only program that I've used to do this is sysvconfig.

You could try initng. It is in early stages of development, but it is super fast.

http://initng.thinktux.net/index.php/Main_Page

EDIT: Duh, just noticed the date.