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Subject: Re: 4.7R boot delay
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On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Fernando Schapachnik wrote:

> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:02:06 -0300
> From: Fernando Schapachnik <fschapachnik@vianetworks.com.ar>
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Cc: Fernando Schapachnik <fpscha@ns1.via-net-works.net.ar>
> Subject: 4.7R boot delay
> 
> Hi:
> 	When I upgraded via buildworld from 4.6.2 to RELENG_4_7 my
> machine started to exhibit some delay (a few seconds) at booting. The
> boot screen goes fine up to:
> 
> [...]
> atapci0: <VIA 82C586 ATA33 controller> port 0xd000-0xd00f at device
> 7.1 on pci0
> ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
> 
> <few seconds delay>
> 
> ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
> [...]
> ad0: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device
> ad0: 19092MB <ST320413A> [38792/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33
> acd0: CDROM <CREATIVE CD5233E> at ata0-slave PIO4
> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a
> [...]
> 
> 	Any ideas? Thanks! (if somebody wants more info on my setup,
> please let me know)
> 
> 

This used to happen to me as well - boot would stall momentarily trying 
tpo figure out the onboard Promise RAID controller on my motherboard. 
Since I wasn't using it anyway, I disabled it in the BIOS and it never 
happens anymore.

HTH - JB

#  John Bleichert 
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