----- Original Message -----
From: Camaleón
To: [email protected]
Sent: 6/4/2012 3:55:58 PM
Subject: Re: what did hwinfo do to my machine?
On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:05:13 -0400, Dan B. wrote:
> After I ran hwinfo (to detect a modem), my machine runs very slowly at
> the beginning of booting.
>
> (GRUB takes about 8 seconds between displaying the the "Welcome to
> GRUB!" text and the "error: fd0 read error."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(...)
Well, that error can be relevant.
Try to disable the floppy disk controller (or any other FDD related stuff
you find) from the BIOS and see what happens.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
I have seen such a behavior before when the BIOS boot sequence was erroneously
configured to boot from floppy before the HDD
Larry
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