Yes, I did the cmos thing, etc. It must be the network card. How do I stop the network from loading at startup? Thank you
On Sunday 17 November 2002 06:46 pm, Joseph Braddock wrote: > On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 07:41, Jim Snyder wrote: > > Hi > > > > I recently loaded mandrake 9.0 and am thrilled with it overall. I have > > had some problems with a HP CD-writer that I finally unplugged as I have > > another USB HP CD-RW that works fine. I am suspecting a problem from > > doing this. > > > > When Linux boots, it pauses for a few minutes finding module dependencies > > and then proceeds to boot up quickly after that. Is there any particular > > reason for this? I have a network card installed but have no other > > computers connected currently. Could that be causing this also? > > > > Many thanks in advance > > > > ---- > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > It sounds like it is waiting for something to time out before it can > proceed. Is there still a reference to the old CD-writer in you > /etc/fstab? What about, after disconnecting the drive (both power AND > data cable, right?), did you remove it from the CMOS settings if it was > originally manually set (versus auto-detect)? I had a problem with a > failed floppy disk (actually, the cable was loose). The boot process > would hang while trying to access the device. I replaced the cable and > all was well. > > It could also be your network card. Unless you told Mandrake otherwise, > during the install, I believe it tries to look for a dhcp and dns > server. If you aren't using the network card at this time, you can > always tell it to not load at startup and see if that improves the boot > time. > > Joeb
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