Slow boot without keyboard

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Hi,
My problem is that my image takes a long time to boot the
system when the keyboard/mouse PS/2 is NOT connected. I am
working with an EBC569 Nexcom motherboard with just one
PS/2 conector for keyboard/mouse duplexor.
I have tried with an embedded old image and the boot time
is fine but I don't how this old image was done.
Does anybody know if it has something to do with any
component?

Any help will be appreciate.
Thanks in advance

 

[KM]

Juan,

What part of the boot specifically takes a long time? Loader, kernel, later?
Make sure you've got /FASTDETECT switch set in your boot.ini.
If you don't need keyboard&mouse at all, it may be better to remove the
approritate components from your image and related components: "Class
Installer - Keyboard", "Keyboard Class Driver", the same for mouse, etc.


Also, you may want to use BootVis tool to figure out what components are
making you boot slow:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/default.ms
px

http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/BootVis.asp

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your answer.
Yes, I have /FASTDETECT in the boot.ini ant the part of
the boot taking long time is "kernel".
The system, usually doesn't need the keyboard/mouse but it
could be used for maintenance purposes.

I have tried to use bootvis, but it doesn't work in my XP
Image. The receive this error: I must defrag my disc
manually before run bootvis. I have include the Defrag
component in my image and indeed I have defrag it manually
but I always get the same error. Do you know something
about this?

Thanks in advance.

 

[KM]

Hi,

I don't know why you see that bootvis error. Probably have not included
enough dependencies of the app (check it with Dependency Walker).

You may want to switch to Kernel Debugger (check WinDDK MS site to download
it). It is straightforward to set up and will give you much more info on the
issue.