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Re: Slow floppy boot



Which image did you use? If you used the resc1440-safe.bin you will
experiance this "feature".


On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Paul Winkler wrote:

> 
> I boot linux (presently Debian 2.1) from a floppy disk.  Before Debian 2.0, I
> had no problems, since then however the boot process takes between 6 and 7
> minutes to complete!  It used to take only a few seconds.
> 
> I notice when the floppy is being prepared by the installation program a
> calibration of some sort is performed and number is generated which is supposed
> to be included in /etc/driveprm.  I have tried this with no success.
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advanced.
> 
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