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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Pause in loading OS/2
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.225819.20137@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Keywords: os2, bug
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1dol06INNo65@crcnis1.unl.edu>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 22:58:19 GMT
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- In article <1dol06INNo65@crcnis1.unl.edu> pickrell@hoss.unl.edu (Andrew Pickrell) writes:
- >Sometime in the last couple of weeks, a pause has developed in the loading
- >of OS/2. After the title screen with the GA text comes up, the computer
- >waits about 10 seconds before hitting the harddrive again.
- >Does anyone know the reason behind this or better yet, a solution???
-
- Good question. Perhaps the hard drive needs to be defragmented. This
- pause would perhaps indicate some delay in finding the initial system
- files (kernel, etc). Have you replaced the kernel recently, or
- otherwise manipulated the files in your root directory?
-
- I wouldn't worry too much about it.
-
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