On 07/25/2007 08:45 PM, Peter Stuge wrote: 
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 07:09:42PM -0400, john wrote:
  
2. Kernel loading is slow but initrd loading is very, very, slow.
    

Please try the FILO patch in this message:

http://www.linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2007-May/021586.html

You don't have to enable the DEBUG_* values but if the patched FILO
doesn't work properly I would appreciate if you could send the output
of a version built with the DEBUG_ values enabled.

You should see a bit of improvement with it applied.

//Peter
I've tried the patch, with debugging enabled - see attached file.
Looks like device and filename are parsed out correctly but initrd file reading fails with "File not found".
Also, FYI, I removed the "initrd=hde3:/boot/initrd-2.6.22.img" clause entirely from menu.lst and filo went into a loop, loading the kernel over and over again.
Finally, the spin-up delay patch given on the Build Tutorial does not work. I believe a blank line is missing just before the /* Initialize */ comment.

John
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