On 30 May 2002, Dave Sherman wrote: > Does it truly freeze up, or is it waiting for a dhcp server response or > something, and just needs to time out? I had a similar problem with an > IBM ThinkPad once, and it would take about 10 minutes to time out. I > only discovered this by accident, as I walked away from the laptop > during troubleshooting, and was surprised to return and find that it had > actually booted all the way to a login prompt! > > Unfortunately, I don't remember what I did to fix the issue. I do > remember it wasn't just a dhcp timeout but something else, perhaps > related to the order in which pcmcia was started and then networking (my > pcmcia card was a NIC, so they need to load in the correct order) :-(
Hi Dave, Yes, it was freezing up solid. I left it for around forty five minutes to no avail. The suggestion of changing the PC Card setting in the BIOS worked wonders. :) Thank you for your reply, nonetheless. Ashley -- Ashley Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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