Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:37:55 -0600 From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel S3000AH stall on boot Message-ID: <47536C03.50200@tundraware.com> In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0712021734l32e73d64jd34272a23e487c8@mail.gmail.com> References: <200712021502.37344.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <2a41acea0712021734l32e73d64jd34272a23e487c8@mail.gmail.com>
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Jack Vogel wrote: > On Dec 1, 2007 8:32 PM, Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> wrote: >> Hi, >> I am doing some work for a company that recently bought 2 systems based >> on the above motherboard and mostly they work fine, however on boot >> just before userland starts they stall for about a minute. (Just after >> it starts the second CPU). > > Did you happen to check if during that time the floppy disk is being accessed? > If it is just reconfig the kernel with that device out and the hang > won't happen. > > That is the only hang that I've seen that lasts that long. > > Jack Or you can just turn it off in the BIOS to avoid having to fiddle with the kernel. *Why* this is happening is of more interest to me. ISTM that the kernel startup logic should be able to detect a floppy drive with no disk in it and move on promptly. I believe this because that is exactly what 4.x did ... well, now that I think about it, I never tried 4.x on the Intel MOBO that is causing this aggravation here.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/
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