From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 16 14:42:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2E7016A41F for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:42:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94E6443D48 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:42:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 4061 invoked from network); 16 Jan 2006 14:22:57 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 16 Jan 2006 14:22:56 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id E85B528423; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:22:55 -0500 (EST) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: Ravi Kumar References: <20060113194023.3645.qmail@web30208.mail.mud.yahoo.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 16 Jan 2006 09:22:55 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20060113194023.3645.qmail@web30208.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <44d5isgslc.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 53 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System hangs for 30 minutes before booting normally into freebsd 6.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:42:51 -0000 Ravi Kumar writes: > Hello, > I am a new convert to freebsd 6.0. I installed it > on one of my old machine - a celeron 333 MHz, 98 MB > RAM, with ISA slots. While installing it on my system, > I faced a problem that it took a long time to load the > freebsd installer menu. So I rebooted and selected the > FreeBSD installation in verbose mode. > > This is the verbose output snippet I recieved: > > ... > pci0: at device 73 (no drivers attached) > pci0: at device 16.0 (no driver > attached) > ex_isa_identify() > ata: ata0 already exists; skipping it > ata: ata1 already exists; skipping it > > pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 203 > pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 243 > pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 283 > pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 2c3 > pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 303 > pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 343 > pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 383 > ... > > The problem is the last 8 lines above. It is I believe > scanning some ports and is taking such a long time. > After this the normal booting is quite fast. > > Is there any way I can disable this process of > scanning that is taking place? After installing > freebsd, each time I boot into it, it hangs for 30 > minutes at the code snippet above. > > My uname -a command gave the following output. > > FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 > 09:36:13 UTC 2005 > root@x64.samco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > > Looking forward to a reply to this problem. This is unlikely to solve your problem, but it will ease tracking down what probe is giving you problems: build a custom kernel removing devices you aren't using. See if you get any more information there. Then try disabling ACPI; I wouldn't be surprised if your system had no support for it anyway. And maybe try a verbose boot without ACPI.