Re: what did hwinfo do to my machine?

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:05:13 -0400, Dan B. wrote:

> After I ran hwinfo (to detect a modem), my machine runs very slowly at
> the beginning of booting.
> 
> (GRUB takes about 8 seconds between displaying the the "Welcome to
> GRUB!" text and the "error: fd0 read error." 
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

(...)

Well, that error can be relevant.

Try to disable the floppy disk controller (or any other FDD related stuff 
you find) from the BIOS and see what happens.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón