[Keiretsu]

You may want to read through these Apple discussion board topics: http://discussions.info.apple.com/[email protected]
http://discussions.info.apple.com/[email protected]/5

In short

sudo ln -s /System/Library/Extensions/BootCache.kext/Contents/Resources/BootCacheControl /usr/sbin/BootCacheControl

and reboot twice ... and your reboots will be faster (time spent on the initial grey screen will be way shorter).

[zachs]

Yeah, I just did it. Worked great!

10.3.2 Boot time BEFORE Fix: 2min 35s
10.3.2 Boot time AFTER fix: 28s

[Keiretsu]

I guess that before applying any new system upgrades (e. g. 10.3.3 when we see that) it's better to delete the link prior to applying the upgrade patch. If it will not fix the slow boot problem, it's easy to re-apply the fix later.









BTW: just saw, there's another thread already running on this topic. Can we merge or lock this one?

[Axo1ot1]

I keep getting this error:

Code:
-bash: sudo_cp_/System/Library/Extensions/BootCache.kext/Contents/Resources/BootCacheControl_/usr/sbin: No such file or directory

[techtrucker]

That's a space, not an underscore, before /usr/sbin...

[Keiretsu]

Originally posted by Axo1ot1:
I keep getting this error:

Code:
-bash: sudo_cp_/System/Library/Extensions/BootCache.kext/Contents/Resources/BootCacheControl_/usr/sbin: No such file or directory

try:


sudo ln -s /System/Library/Extensions/BootCache.kext/Contents/Resources/BootCacheControl /usr/sbin/BootCacheControl

[BatmanPPC]

I can't get to the apple discussion board to get full details but the tip seems to be a bunch of BS. Look in /etc/rc to find

--snip--
BootCacheControl=/System/Library/Extensions/BootCache.kext/Contents/Resources/BootCacheControl
if [ ! -f $BootCacheControl ]; then
BootCacheControl=/usr/sbin/BootCacheControl
fi
if [ "${SafeBoot}" != "-x" -a -x "${BootCacheControl}" ]; then
${BootCacheControl} start
fi
-- end snip--

It's already checking for BootCacheControl inside BootCache.kext. If it exists it'll execute from there otherwise fallback and use /usr/sbin/BootCacheControl if it exists and is executable.

[KraziKid]

Originally posted by BatmanPPC:
I can't get to the apple discussion board to get full details but the tip seems to be a bunch of BS. Look in /etc/rc to find

--snip--
BootCacheControl=/System/Library/Extensions/BootCache.kext/Contents/Resources/BootCacheControl
if [ ! -f $BootCacheControl ]; then
BootCacheControl=/usr/sbin/BootCacheControl
fi
if [ "${SafeBoot}" != "-x" -a -x "${BootCacheControl}" ]; then
${BootCacheControl} start
fi
-- end snip--

It's already checking for BootCacheControl inside BootCache.kext. If it exists it'll execute from there otherwise fallback and use /usr/sbin/BootCacheControl if it exists and is executable.

Trust us, it works. The problem lies within the loginwindow process, not /etc/rc. /etc/rc just hinted at the problem. The loginwindow process is not looking in the same directory as /etc/rc. The loginwindow process is for some reason defaulting to /usr/sbin/.

[BatmanPPC]

Originally posted by KraziKid:
Trust us, it works. The problem lies within the loginwindow process, not /etc/rc. /etc/rc just hinted at the problem. The loginwindow process is not looking in the same directory as /etc/rc. The loginwindow process is for some reason defaulting to /usr/sbin/.

Well, like I said, I can't seem to get to the apple discussion board to get full details.

Thanks for the loginwindow information.