> On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 05:47, Charles Howse wrote: > > > > Now the system hangs for about 20 seconds at the BIOS drive > > > detection, > > > > and at the FBSD atapi controller detection. > > > > > > Are you using ATAPICAM? If so, it's probably the SCSI settling. > > > That's adjustable in the kernel configuration. > > > > The string 'atapicam' does not appear in my > > /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/CUSTOM customized kernel config > file. Is that > > what you meant? I did find that string in LINT, but I'm > not using it. > > > > I may have misled you in my post. What I should have said is, the > > system hangs for about 20 seconds at the BIOS drive > detection, and then > > there is another 20 second delay when FBSD is detecting > devices, *after* > > it displays the line about finding the atapi controller. > It displays > > that line concerning the atapi controller, issues 2 cr/lf > and pauses for > > that 20 seconds. It then continues to load without error, > all devices > > are detected properly and I can read and write to them. > > > > I really think this delay may be more related to hardware > than software. > > I just booted the system to an MS-DOS diskette, and the > delay is still > > there. I have no special settings in BIOS. > > > > BTW: I've also posted this to alt.comp.hardware. No joy yet. > > Hi, > > I also think the delay is hardware related. The most common > reason would > be if a drive was jumpered incorrectly, eg. if the drive is > set as slave > but there is no master drive, or the master drive is set with slave > drive present when there is no slave drive. > > So the BIOS waits for a response from an unavailable drive or > until the > time-out period is reached. > > In your original post you mentioned the 2Gb was set as > master, then you > connected it as secondary-slave. You would need to change jumper > settings to reflect this.
Yes, I changed the jumper. I will check the Western Digital (I HATE them) web site for up-to-date info on jumper settings for that drive, and try different settings myself, but I think I have it correct to begin with. The key on the drive itself says to set it this way for master: ::::. ^ Where . Is the key pin, so you don't get it upside down. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"