On 11/30/05, Martmn Coco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We installed the OpenBSD 3.8 using a SanDisk 1.0GB CompactFlash on a > Pentium 4 (dmesg at the end of this message). The installation finished > flawlessly. But when booting, it seems to take ages to boot. The last > time we checked, it took about 55 minutes for it to finish booting. Once > it has booted, all the speed issues seem to disappear. > > We went through the BIOS to find anything related to PIO or DMA, but > found nothing suitable. > > We tried the very same card with a VIA Chipset and it worked like a > charm, we couldn't tell the difference from booting from a normal HD.
only from what i've read, i recall reading about flash cards that didn't like being accessed in certain ways (too small or too large reads) that resulted in very slow performance. the bootloader uses bios calls to work its magic, and maybe some bioses work a little differently. just speculation.
