fix slow boot config startup
 

hi

at startup linux tries to boot up hde and hdf

but there is nothing on those so it takes a while for linux to boot

what file can i edit to change this problem?

thank you

it tries to boot up hde and hdf and it gets no response because there is nothing on those

so i was wondering if there was like a way where i can tell startup not to even bother trying to look for those

any suggestions?

thanks

What do you mean by "boot up hde and hdf at startup" ?

When Linux boots then it boots from one drive.

Do you have an entry in your /etc/fstab for /dev/hde and /dev/hdf ??

If yes, delete those entries and save your /etc/fstab.

It also may be that there are some entries for those drives (e.g. enabling/disabling DMA)
in /etc/sysconfig/ide or maybe some boot-parametrs in grub or lilo.

So you may take a look on /boot/grub/menu.lst

i checked and fstab

but i couldnt find any entries for hde or hdf

well when i mean by startup is like right after you choose linux on lilo all the stuff flies by the screen and it gets to your logon

any suggestions?

What about entries in
/etc/sysconfig/ide
or
/etc/sysconfig/hardware
file and
in the boot options (e.g. /boot/grub/menu.lst for Grub) ???

What is the output of dmesg ?

This output can be helpfull to find where in the start-up process an access to
the missing drives occur.

well i dont use grub i use lilo

so i checked my lilo.conf

and i dont have a directory called sysconfig so i wasnt able to get those files

dmesg says this:

hde: no response (status = 0xfe)

thats what it says when it starts up too

so i was wondering how i can tell linux to not even bother looking for hde cuz it tries to look for it and 2 minutes later it goes "no response" and this takes the boot to go longer than i want it to

-sorry for the lack in details

any suggestions?

thanks

Hi Longinus,

can it be that you have or have had S-ATA ?

If you do not use S-ATA anymore then disable it (BIOS) .

Try as workaround passing following boot parameters:
hde=noprobe hdf=noprobe
in lilo.