Start-up slowdown [Archive]

finknottle

Sep 27, 2002, 08:22 AM

I have a dual USB 700Mhz iBook (384MB) running OSX.2.1. Does anone have any ideas on what to do about this ? At the start up screen the following message "Waiting for Network initialization" , comes up and it takes about 2 minutes for the ibook to continue with starting up.
The ibook is not on a network nor is file sharing/internet sharing etc. switched on.
Any tips would be appreciated.

DigitalEl

Sep 27, 2002, 08:46 AM

My G4 iMac did this when I had it hooked to an iMac DVSE in FireWire target disk mode. Do you have a FireWire cord plugged into one of the ports? Maybe your iBook is looking for something at the other end?

Just a guess. :confused:

Saltire

Sep 27, 2002, 08:49 AM

Check if your Ethernet port is set to configure using DHCP (in the Network preferences) if it is it will be trying to find a server to get an ip adress from at startup.

finknottle

Sep 27, 2002, 02:49 PM

I have no firewire cable connected nor DHCP in the network preferences but thanks!
Any other ideas??