From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Dec 15 01:46:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA12716 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 01:46:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from thredbo.mindandmachine.com.au (thredbo.mindandmachine.com.au [203.35.157.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA12706 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 01:46:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marc@mindandmachine.com.au) Received: from bluecow.mindandmachine.com.au (bluecow.mindandmachine.com.au [203.35.157.75]) by thredbo.mindandmachine.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA01918 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 20:31:49 +1100 (EST) Received: by bluecow.mindandmachine.com.au with Microsoft Mail id <01BD0999.EEE6EEC0@bluecow.mindandmachine.com.au>; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 20:42:17 +1100 Message-ID: <01BD0999.EEE6EEC0@bluecow.mindandmachine.com.au> From: Marc Moderegger To: "'freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Boot Pause on AMD486 CPU Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 20:42:16 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id BAA12710 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Any help most appreciated! I've been trying to install FreeBSD onto an AMD486/50 base system. The problem is when booting the system, the kernel loads and then announces the version of FreeBSD and the general info of its compilation eg, Date, time and who compiled it. It then pauses for more than 20 minutes...after which the boot process continues on its merry way. Everything then seems to work fine. Are there any compatability problems with the AMD486/50, and what is the boot process doing during that pause (is it scanning for cpu - as this is the next line that comes up [what cpu I'm using - I486DX])? Is there anything I can do to stop this pause from happening? It doesn't happen when I boot of the install floppy... Thanks in advance, Marc