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Date:      Wed, 9 Jun 1999 14:49:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Corey A. Christians" <cchrstns@sdln.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: npx0 stalls for several minutes during initital bootup
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906091449310.3005-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <008401beb129$ec794aa0$5dfc34cc@sdln.net>

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On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Corey A. Christians wrote:

> I am currecntly using FreeBSD version 2.2.8 and during the intitial
> bootup the npx0 portion of the install appears and FreeBSD hangs for
> about 15 minutes (app.).  I'm not sure what is causing this and was
> wondering if any of you caould offer any advice.  The server that has
> 2.2.8 on it is a Pentium III 450 with 327680K RAM.  Any help at all
> would be much appreciated.  Thank you

Your hard drive must not be coming ready, since the kernel does it's
startup just after that probe.  Try booting with the -v flag and see if
that gives any hints.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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