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From: louis@asterix.drev.dnd.ca (Louis Demers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Inits & Boot Time
Keywords: INIT
Message-ID: <451@asterix.drev.dnd.ca>
Date: 22 Jul 89 22:44:24 GMT
References: <1179@snjsn1.SJ.ATE.SLB.COM>
Organization: DREV, Quebec, CANADA
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In article <1179@snjsn1.SJ.ATE.SLB.COM>, enk@noddy (Edan Kabatchnik) writes:
> 
>      1) Does the bottleneck arise from the actual loading of the INITs or
>         the seek time in between INITs? 

	Yesterday, I reformatted my drive and restored my system. All inits
were restored alphabetically (the order they happen to be executed) 
and next time I rebooted , the speed at which those little icons 
at the bottom were flashing was surprising. That would support your idea.


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