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Date:      Fri, 09 Sep 2005 20:10:25 +0200
From:      Martin Nilsson <martin@gneto.com>
To:        Lukas Ertl <le@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Boot delay, probably caused by fdc
Message-ID:  <4321D011.6020208@gneto.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050908235206.M622@korben.prv.univie.ac.at>
References:  <20050908235206.M622@korben.prv.univie.ac.at>

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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




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