Re: floppy too slow during bootup (fwd)

1999-04-20 Thread Fethi A. Okyar
Thanks, I know I should have tried it myself, I had a feeling it might have been because of this. > > I am wondering why in the world does my floppy get > > sooo slow while its reading the kernle image during > > a boot process?? > > > > It takes approximately 5-6 minutes until it finishes > >

Re: floppy too slow during bootup

1999-04-20 Thread Paul Winkler
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, James Dietrich wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 10:37:18AM -0500, Fethi A. Okyar wrote: > > > > I am wondering why in the world does my floppy get > > sooo slow while its reading the kernle image during > > a boot process?? > > > > It takes approximately 5-6 minutes until it

Re: floppy too slow during bootup (fwd)

1999-04-20 Thread Paul Winkler
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Fethi A. Okyar wrote: > Did you have the same problem when you built > a custom floppy for your system, or does this > problem only occur when you used the original > boot disk that was included in the distribution? > The boot disk I use was produced by the installation progra

Re: floppy too slow during bootup (fwd)

1999-04-20 Thread Fethi A. Okyar
Did you have the same problem when you built a custom floppy for your system, or does this problem only occur when you used the original boot disk that was included in the distribution? On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Paul Winkler wrote: > On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Fethi A. Okyar wrote: > > I am wondering why i

Re: floppy too slow during bootup (fwd)

1999-04-20 Thread Paul Winkler
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Fethi A. Okyar wrote: > I am wondering why in the world does my floppy get > sooo slow while its reading the kernle image during > a boot process?? > > It takes approximately 5-6 minutes until it finishes > just reading the kernel image and then bang!! 2 seconds > to decompres

floppy too slow during bootup (fwd)

1999-04-20 Thread Fethi A. Okyar
I am wondering why in the world does my floppy get sooo slow while its reading the kernle image during a boot process?? It takes approximately 5-6 minutes until it finishes just reading the kernel image and then bang!! 2 seconds to decompress it. Are there any parameters that I have to tweak wh

floppy too slow during bootup (fwd)

1999-04-20 Thread Fethi A. Okyar
I am wondering why in the world does my floppy get sooo slow while its reading the kernle image during a boot process?? It takes approximately 5-6 minutes until it finishes just reading the kernel image and then bang!! 2 seconds to decompress it. Are there any parameters that I have to tweak wh

Re: floppy too slow during bootup

1999-04-20 Thread James Dietrich
On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 10:37:18AM -0500, Fethi A. Okyar wrote: > > I am wondering why in the world does my floppy get > sooo slow while its reading the kernle image during > a boot process?? > > It takes approximately 5-6 minutes until it finishes > just reading the kernel image and then bang!!

floppy too slow during bootup

1999-04-20 Thread Fethi A. Okyar
I am wondering why in the world does my floppy get sooo slow while its reading the kernle image during a boot process?? It takes approximately 5-6 minutes until it finishes just reading the kernel image and then bang!! 2 seconds to decompress it. Are there any parameters that I have to tweak whe