From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266023AbUGEL16 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jul 2004 07:27:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266025AbUGEL16 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jul 2004 07:27:58 -0400 Received: from delerium.kernelslacker.org ([81.187.208.145]:13747 "EHLO delerium.codemonkey.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266023AbUGEL15 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jul 2004 07:27:57 -0400 Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 12:25:21 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: David Balazic Cc: Matt Domsch , Andries Brouwer , Jeff Garzik , Pavel Machek , Linux Kernel , Andi Kleen , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: Weird: 30 sec delay during early boot Message-ID: <20040705112521.GA18201@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , David Balazic , Matt Domsch , Andries Brouwer , Jeff Garzik , Pavel Machek , Linux Kernel , Andi Kleen , Andrew Morton References: <600B91D5E4B8D211A58C00902724252C035F1CB0@piramida.hermes.si> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <600B91D5E4B8D211A58C00902724252C035F1CB0@piramida.hermes.si> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 09:21:34AM +0200, David Balazic wrote: > Wouldn't the BIOS immediatelly respond with a "no such disk" error if int13 > would > try to access a non-existing disk ? > This is BIOS land, not hardware land. The BIOS guys get their stash from a different dealer to the hardware guys. Screwups happen. It could just be yet another 'interesting' interpretation of specifications. Dave