So, here is what happens:
I've switched from net4801 to a new net5501. I am using the same HDD as
before which worked find under 4801.
So regardless of the grub/lilo - is definitely something with 5501 - for
my case anyways. I have swapped then to net4801 and the thing runs fine -
it boots (hot/cold) without the need of serial console.

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Confirm , same happens here,
>> I shut down my box, and when plugged in, I waited like 5 min and nothing
>> happened.
>> Once I connected my null serial onto my monitor, it started to  boot up.
>> Hopefully we get a hint of what is going on.
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> We have a Soekris net5501 using a Slackware distribution on it.
>>> However,
>>> if there is no serial cable attached, we encounter a boot delay of
>>> about
>>> 10 minutes. Is there a BIOS setting or something to circumvent this
>>> behaviour?
>
> Sounds like the bootloader (is Slackware still using lilo?) is waiting
> for a console to be ready before booting.  Can you post your lilo.conf
> (or grub.conf if they switched to grub)?
>
> Darrick
> --
> Darrick Hartman
> DJH Solutions, LLC
> http://www.djhsolutions.com
>


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