2 minute delay on booting F12

[Jatin K]

On 01/20/2010 06:15 PM, N James Bridge wrote:
> When I boot up into linux kernel 2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64, there is a 2
> minute wait before the boot process starts. I see the grub countdown,
> then a flashing underline character in the same large typeface. This is
> all that happens for 2 minutes - it looks as though the system has
> crashed. Then the font changes to a smaller size and everything goes
> normally.
>
> All previous kernels have worked as expected and I generally use the
> previous one to avoid the wait. I have tried removing rhgb and quiet
> from the boot file and this does give lots of messages but there is
> still the same delay before anything starts to happen. The boot log
> doesn't give any clues. I have just installed the latest updates,
> including plymouth, and hoped that would make a difference, but no. I
> have reported this as a bug, so I am hoping it will go away with the
> next kernel!
>
> Has anybody else had similar problems?
>    

I've gone through this problem .... after disabling the FDD (flopy disk 
controller ) in BIOS system runs ok

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