> Complete boot-up requires about 18 seconds, which is rather long for an
> instrument. If I connect a keyboard, and floppy adapter, boot-up drops
> to about 13 seconds. Is there any way I can tell the kernel not to look
> for these devices and prevent the delay?
1'st, kernel 1.1.23 is ~2 years old (and full of bugs).
however, if it works for you, why not continue to use it?
2'nd, IMO the boot delay is caused by the BIOS to detect the devices.
it's very unlikely the kernel takes more then 1-2 seconds from the
time you see 'freedos loading' to EXEC('command.com').
disabling them in the BIOS should help.
OR, is the delay with MSDOS different ?
tom
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