A fix for slow 10.3.2 boot up times
Unless you live under a rock, use Windows, or are still using Mac OS 9 or even Jaguar, you've probably heard of some issues with the latest 10.3.2 update. In particular, the slow boot up times.
This is actually a week or so old, but I thought it'd be worth posting. Apparently, a file named BootCacheControl is called when you boot up your Mac to generate a cache of the boot up files needed to get the Mac up to the login window.
This file is called twice on boot up, and a third time with the following command:
/usr/sbin/BootCacheControl autostop 15
Since the file doesn't exist under /usr/sbin under 10.3.2, boot up is slowed considerably.
This first fix involves copying this file to /usr/sbin:
cp -p /System/Library/Extensions/BootCache.kext/Contents/Resources/BootCacheControl /usr/sbin
I would highly recommend against using this because the discussions on the Apple Discussions board claim it can screw up future updates. Instead uses ln -s to create a symlink:
ln -s /System/Library/Extensions/BootCache.kext/Contents/Resources/BootCacheControl /usr/sbin
After using the symlink method (don't forget -s for a soft link), I rebooted my Powerbook twice and noticed a substantial decrease in boot times. I'm running a Tibook 867, 768 MB RAM, yadda yadda...