Long pause during MacOS 9.1 bootup

[Derrik Pates]

On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 05:42:11PM +0000, somersam@attbi.com wrote:
> I am running MOL 0.9.60 and YDL 2.2 on a G3-accelerated 
> PowerCenter.  I'm running MacOS 9.1 within MOL.  Shortly 
> after the MacOS 9.1 splash screen pops up, there's a 
> period of a minute or more when nothing happens, i.e. no 
> progress bar movement and no disk access.  Booting then 
> continues the rest of the way relatively quickly and 
> MacOS runs pretty well.
> 
> I've seen reports of long delays when booting 9.2.x, but
> is this normal for 9.1?  If not, are there any 
> suggestions for getting rid of this delay?

That was due to (apparently) some changes in the way OS 9.2.x determines
what volume it's supposed to be booting from. Samuel has since fixed
that particular issue. Is there any output on the terminal you started
it from? Or if it's started from your WM, anything in
~/.xsession_errors?

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