Aha! On checking my FDD's power cable was unplugged, but it had the data one connected, apparently enough to make Linux think there's a working FDD.
So, false alarm. After booting with the power connected the delay is now *much* shorter and reasonable enough. Now I wish I'd checked this weeks ago. -- - Athanasius = Athanasius(at)miggy.org / http://www.miggy.org/ Finger athan(at)fysh.org for PGP key "And it's me who is my enemy. Me who beats me up. Me who makes the monsters. Me who strips my confidence." Paula Cole - ME -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
