RE: Hamm 2.0 beta installation problem
On my machine it took at least 4 minutes to boot - it felt
like an eternity :-)
What you're describing might be the answer on my question.
(For the BIOS see my previous mail)
Mikael
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Philip Hands [mailto:phil@hands.com]
>Sent: den 4 juli 1998 10:04
>To: Lehikoinen Mikael
>Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
>Subject: Re: Hamm 2.0 beta installation problem
>
>
>> Yesterday when I was installing hamm 2.0 beta (using the latest
>> floppy disks with kernel 2.0.34) at my computer at home I noticed
>> that it took a *very* long time to boot from the rescue disk. It
>> took several minutes before the installation program started.
>
>Does anyone know if these were made using the syslinux -s option ?
>
>According to the syslinux man page, -s is for ``slow, stupid,
>safe mode'' and
>there have been reports that it makes the disks bootable on
>machines with
>doubtful BIOS's, which cannot deal with the non -s version.
>Unfortunately,
>there are also reports that it makes some machines take up to
>4 minutes to
>boot -- is that what you were seeing ?
>
>We really need to know how many people benefit/suffer with the
>introduction of
>the -s, to see if its worth doing.
>
>BTW, what BIOS do you have ?
>
>Cheers, Phil.
>
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