i got a piece of $h17 hp pavilion dv1000 model laptop, by the way i am boycotting hp- please join me- they informed me on the phone that i voided my warrenty when i put linux on it- and have proprietary hardware so that i cannot use the 150 dollar wireless card that is atheros based for linux compatibility- just generaly it is a piece, anyway sorry about that.. i can handle the other stuff for now, and this isnt a huge deal either i guess, but on every computer i got (which is about 12) when i hit enter in teh lilo prompt a series of dots shoots across the bottom of the boot prompt like a speeding bullet. then the kernel boots. but on my laptop, it takes nearly 30 seconds for the dots to get done. it says something about bios check.....

anyway, like i said it isnt a huge deal, but if there is a way to either fix it, or dissable it, or make it cache it... or something so that it wont take so long to boot up.

do you think grub would do the same thing... i am not religious about using lilo.. so if it would help ill try it...