OT: Slow booting, was re: Booting an IBM MP 3000 S/390 System

You might check whether the BIOS config is set to autodetect drives at startup; in many BIOSes each IDE channel can be set to Auto/None or a specific config. Try setting all installed drives to a specific configuration, and any unused channels to None. Autodetection can sometimes take a long time. I also find that detection of cd/dvd drives is sometimes very slow... (apologies for top-posting, responding on my phone which has a primitive editor...) - Josh -----Original Message----- From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> Sent: ?8/?6/?2015 11:02 PM To: "General at classiccmp.org" <General at classiccmp.org>; "Discussion at classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: OT: Slow booting, was re: Booting an IBM MP 3000 S/390 System On 08/06/2015 06:24 PM, Jay Jaeger wrote: Nope, same-oh, same-oh right down to a configuration with nothing more than a single IDE drive and a video card. The diagnosis of 2GB memory is immediate and then the thing just sits for a minute or more before finally showing the configuration (attached drives, etc.) --Chuck