Slow Boot now = "No Boot"

[trevordick]

This is probably the most likely culprit, as the problem has gotten worse after inserting a 4 port switch between my wireless networking device and my X1000. The first thing I will do is

Ah! OK now I understand. When I got first Micro A1-C many years ago I ran into a similar problem with my "slow" network configuration. Using the run >nil: command in front of the network start up (as described by ChrisH above) helped to fix the problem for me. I always do that now if I'm using any AmigaOS4 machine if I don't have a network cable attached, to prevent the WB startup delay.

Trevor

[nbache]

There is NO need to use a fixed IP address, as I believe you can fix this by editing your S:StartUp-Sequence (since they appear to have had the solution ready but commented-out).

Ah, yes, I had forgotten that the First Contact version of Update 5 has the asynchronous call commented out by default. In the final Update 5 for the other platforms, this is no longer the case.

So yes, absolutely, try this first, AmigaDave. Of course, this means your network won't necessarily be up and running when you have finished booting Workbench, so you need to avoid starting network-requiring applications from WBStartup, but instead run them from your S:Network-Startup (after the AddNetinterface line). If necessary, you can of course still try switching to a fixed address as well.

Best regards,

Niels

[AmigaDave]

Thanks Chris,

I will edit my Startup-Sequence and see if that helps.