[Ti] Faster Finder Loading

[Ray M]

 > Two minute boot time from start to an operational desktop? That's
> only off by about 40 seconds.
> 
> How about Login Items?
> 
> Are you set up to Launch Classic on start? [that's a no-no, according
> to numerous people]

No classic at launch
> 
> You mentioned the hard disk keeps spinning, for two minutes. What
> else is happening then? You get the colored wheel spinning? You might
> want to verify that other applications haven't installed items in
> your Login Items, in the System Preferences .
> 
Just spining noise nothing else ...oh yes the system being very slow...
Example takes 10 secs to open entourage but while spining almost 40 secs

> I was on an all-night QuarkXPress jag, last night, and feel too
> burnt to offer anything but longshots re: slow Finder boots. I've
> seen a case of ONE bad font [out of 8 - 15 thousand on my rig] bring
> down the whole thing.
> 
> One thing though: Can you log in as root, and see a radical
> difference in the time from the blue login screen? This can tell you
> if it's question of a corrupt preference file, faulty application, or
> what. I'd try booting to the Login window and signing in as 'root'.
> If the entire process takes less than 2 minutes, your problem is some
> plist/preference. check it out.  :=)

How do I log in as a root?

> 
> ~flipper

Thanx again

ray