[parisc-linux] LONG pause on boot

[Tom]

Having brought the C180 back to life... Kernel 2.4.18-pa59 looks, boots
and works normally. I downloaded and compiled 2.4.19-pa24, which froze at
"branching to kernel entry point...". Rechecked config, recompiled, same
result. I left it hung for a few minutes, as I've seen delays here before,
then while searching the web and the list archives for solutions it
started again. Delay was over 10 minutes, pushing 20 perhaps. After it
came up, I ssh'd in and restarted it. Same delay, same place...

Does anyone have an idea as to why such a long delay would occur there?
PDC has console to serial_1, which had a terminal on it. There was no
errors or complaints anywhere in the boot process, and none visible during
the kernel compile. I can provide System.map, config file, etc. if
desired...