Arch Linux global navigation bar Home Packages Forums Wiki Bugs AUR Download #archnavbar Improve boot performance From ArchWiki Jump to: navigation , search start content Related articles Maximizing performance Silent boot Daemon e4rat Kexec Improving the boot performance of a system can provide reduced boot wait times and a means to learn more about how certain system files and scripts interact with one another. This article attempts to aggregate methods on how to improve the boot performance of an Arch Linux system. 1 Analyzing the boot process 1.1 Using systemd-analyze 1.2 Using systemd-bootchart 1.3 Using bootchart2 2 Readahead 3 Compiling a custom kernel 4 Early start for services 5 Staggered spin-up 6 Filesystem mounts 7 Initramfs 8 Less output during boot Analyzing the boot process Using systemd-analyze systemd provides a tool called system...