On 08/06/2015 08:20 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
You might check whether the BIOS config is set to autodetect drives
at startup; in many BIOSes each IDE channel can be set to Auto/None
or a specific config. Try setting all installed drives to a specific
configuration, and any unused channels to None. Autodetection can
sometimes take a long time. I also find that detection of cd/dvd
drives is sometimes very slow...
(apologies for top-posting, responding on my phone which has a
primitive editor...)
I already do that. Note that the "dead time" occurs before getting the
message "Inspecting IDE configuration", so I don't think it's that.
Network boot is turned off, BTW.
--Chuck
