Folks, I could get around the issue by disabling the CD-ROM drive (I also disabled the floppy disk drive, but this seems to be of no importance). Once I disabled the CD-ROM the boot sequence happened in a matter of seconds.
Folks, I could get around the issue by disabling the CD-ROM drive (I also disabled the floppy disk drive, but this seems to be of no importance).
Once I disabled the CD-ROM the boot sequence happened in a matter of seconds.