Hi, I have a RH6.2 installed in an embedded system. To reduce the boot time, apart from the ideas ( Thanks for the ideas !) discussed in this list some time back, I thought I will make the system boot in single user mode. This substantially reduced the boot time. The main requirement of my system is that I should be able to connect to another machine and start UDP communication with it. A Point to point link connects the two machines (All IP address hardcoded and no need for DNS). Can anyone tell me what daemons are required to satisfy this requirement? Also can you please send me any links, documents etc explaining the functionality of different daemons? Thanks for the help in advance. Sreekumar