Boot delay, probably caused by fdc

[Martin Nilsson]

Lukas Ertl wrote:
> ... several minutes nothing.  Then the boot process resumes normally:
> 
> Trying to mount root from .....
> 
> Booting verbosely and setting kern.geom.debugflags at the loader prompt 
> reveals that during this break the GEOM taste process for the (empty) fd0
> floppy device happens.
> 
> Disabling the floppy controller in the BIOS makes the boot delay go away.

I see the same thing with a Intel D945GNT motherboard & current. The 
light on the floppydrive is on and if I insert a disk the boot commences 
right away.

/Martin