why my FC6 start so slowly?

[David Timms]

John wrote:
> redtroy zhang wrote:
>> I installed FC6 on my IBM R51E laptop.
>> It worked well before,
>> but after i update my system with "yum", the kernel changed from 
>> 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 to 2.6.20-1.2933.fc6.
>> the new kernel starts quite slowly, when setting host name and 
>> starting HAL, but the old one goes fast.
>> what's the problem ? How to fix that problem?
..
>  I have the same thing going on with my Compaq- can't remember (off 
> hand) which kernel is running.
Could you see if having your network cable unplugged as you boot up 
speeds things up ?
You could also try temporarily removing quiet from the grub kernel line 
{/boot/grub/grub.conf}

Post back your results.

DavidT.