>Well, you asked for ideas, not educated guesses.
Thanks!
>1. Do you have a Seagate IDE Disk?
I have a IBM 7200 rpm IDE
>
>>From BIOS to LILO, what occurs besides a disk read? Does it switch to
>multi-mode there? Does it try to implement UDMA?
I cant tell what it does. It just goes from displaying the bios settings
to displaying the LILO message and the the loading linux message.
>
>What does your startup log look like? Any {Seek Complete} Errors?
I haven't found any errors.
>
>What bus speed and what chipset on the P-II?
Not sure of bus speed, the processor is a PIII 450. Regardless, I am sure
it is much more capable than what is in my old 486 that loads up almost
instantly.
>
>And if it is just a very slow load and normality is established afterward,
>why worry?
Because it seems abnormal which leads me to believe there may be hidden
problems that I haven't found yet. Hopefully this info is somewhat
helpful it trying to figure it out.
