Slow Boot

Terry Lambert tlambert2 at mindspring.com
Tue Aug 19 02:23:51 PDT 2003


Bill Moran wrote:
> > It stalls for about 20-30 seconds and then continues booting. I can
> > not figure out what the problem is or how to solve it. Has anyone
> > had similar issues.
> 
> I've seen this on various hardware.  I actually have a 200mhz machine
> sitting here that has always done this.  I've never seen it cause any
> problems, and I've never had any suggestions on how to stop it either.

In init_main.c, verify that the current value for the thing
being initialized is greater than SI_SUB_CONSOLE.  If it is,
then print out the name of the thing being initialized before
you make the call.  Whatever prints before a long delay is
your culprit.

-- Terry


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