Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 08:24:27 -0500 From: "Matthew A. Gessner" <mgessner@aristar.com> To: hackers <hackers@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Hardware group <hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Dell laptop problems Message-ID: <32887A8B.2781E494@aristar.com>
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Hello, all,
Well, I *thought* I had this stupid machine working...
When I boot the machine (2.1.5R) with the 3Com pc-card in it, these
symptoms are a little less annoying, but they're still there:
When I boot the machine, it runs SLOOOOOW (75Mhz Pentium). If I boot
with -c, and then do 'vi' I get 'blocky' response: it does a few lines
of text, waits for 60 seconds, does a little more, etc. If I do
anything like press X to expand everything, I still wait.
When I'm finally done, it hangs for about 3-4 minutes trying to find
psm0, which I've configured correctly, I think.
It finds all the devices, eventually. It also wants to hang on wd0
when it finds it.
Finally, after init starts, I have to press Ctrl-C a few times to get
it to finish the sequence of startups. When the system is all done
booting, it seems to run fine when I login as root.
Can anyone shed any light on what I might be doing wrong?
Some of this behaviour is inconsistent: for example sometimes the CPU
identification runs quickly (1-3 seconds), but other times it takes a
couple of minutes.
I'm guessing maybe something's wrong with the BIOS settings, but I
would have no idea where to start.
Thanks in advance, guys,
Matt
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Matthew Gessner, Computer Scientist, <mgessner@aristar.com>
Aristar, Inc.
302 N. Cleveland-Massillon Rd.
Akron, OH 44333
Voice (330) 668-2267, Fax (330) 668-2961
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