From: zeil@cs.odu.edu (Steven J. Zeil) Subject: bash: startup time 17 Mar 1998 14:38:46 -0800 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com A few weeks ago, people posted various messages regarding slow startup times when launching bash under B19. I have not seen a resolution to this problem, but have noticed something odd that may be related: I have three (apparent) drives on my Pentium 90 laptop: C: is a real drive H: is a drivespace compressed drive, hosted on C: e: is a remote drive only available when logged into my ISP The B19 distribution is installed under h:\cygnus c: is mounted as / e: is mounted as /e h: is mounted as /h With no ISP connection: From an MSDOS prompt "c:>", launching bash takes 8-10 seconds From an MSDOS prompt "h:>", launching bash takes less than 2 seconds Dialed in to my ISP: From an MSDOS prompt "c:>", launching bash takes 7-8 seconds From an MSDOS prompt "h:>", launching bash takes less than 0.5 seconds (appears instantaneous) OK, so some time is obviously being lost when the /e mount is unavailable. But why the dramatic difference betwen launching from c: and h:? ------------------------- Steven J. Zeil Dept. of Computer Science http://www.cs.odu.edu/~zeil Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".