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Date:      Sun, 23 Aug 1998 14:05:06 +0500 (KSD)
From:      "Vladimir A. Petrov" <V.Petrov@VAZ.ru>
To:        Leonard Ong <Leonard_Ong@iname.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Long Delay
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980823135843.13875A-100000@asm.vaz.ru>
In-Reply-To: <000501bdce4b$d03141c0$55069aca@ZhugeLiang.ong.net.id>

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On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, Leonard Ong wrote:

> Dear Friend,
> 
> I am new to freebsd.  In Generic kernel in freebsd 2.2.6 and kernel that i
> tried to customized, I find that there is long delay in boot process.  The
> delay about 30 seconds to 1 minutes, this happen after the kernel specify
> the hard-disk type and befre specify the cdrom type.
> 
> is this normal ? if not how to get rid of this delay ?

Yes. This is normal. Process of probing IDE devices is much long.
Proably You must configure and compile custom kernel detailed for
your hardware. If You describe in kernel configuration only
hardware that really present in your host then booting will
be much faster.

> Thank you

You are welcome!

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