[Watford] Suse 10.3 hangs for 2 minutes at start of boot sequence.

[walt]

Thanks Neel,

I found the file to edit which I did.  I set the menu=verbose and hey
presto.  I can see the error now.
		Comreset failed (errno 960 or 976)

its a sis sata problem and I have the patch but I have no idea how or where
to install this. Looks like a script that runs while the kernel is being
assembled.  If you get a chance have a look:  
	https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331610   (discussion)
	https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=179146 (patch)

Many thanks, Walter

From: watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Neel Upadhyaya
Sent: 30 November 2007 10:24
To: watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Watford] Suse 10.3 hangs for 2 minutes at start of boot
sequence.

I've often seen a system hang for a couple of minutes on boot during the
udev stage.  Can you confirm if this is the case?

You should be able to disable the splash screen via the boot loader but
someone more familiar with Suse will have to back me up here. 

-N

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On 30/11/2007, walt <walt at helvatron.co.uk> wrote:
Hi all,

Further to my previous email,  I now have an error message:

        Comreset failed (errorno 960 or 976)

This is what takes ages, like 2 - 3 minutes, before the system starts
loading. Can anybody tell me what it means and what to do about it. 

Many thanks,Walter

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Hi,

I tried to upgrade Suse 10.2 to 10.3 but that failed so I did a clean, fresh
install with a freshly partitioned harddisk.  Suse displays the boot options

screen and then switches to the normal splash screen where you should be
able to press esc to get to text screen showing you what its doing.

And this is the problem,  its sits there for 2 minutes or more and the 
keyboard won't respond.  Then it finally starts the boot process at which
point I can press esc to see the progress. Once it starts it behaves
normally but I have to eliminate the long delay before it boots. 

Any ideas?  I have already removed all peripherals especially usb devices
but to no avail.

Walter




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