Intel S3000AH stall on boot

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Jack Vogel wrote:
> On Dec 1, 2007 8:32 PM, Daniel O'Connor <doconnor at 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.

Hmm, not sure if the FDD is being accessed. I will see if I can organise 
a test run to reboot the system.

> That is the only hang that I've seen that lasts that long.

So the interrupt storm from CAM is a red herring? (or another 
problem? :)

Thanks.

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