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Date:      Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:04:01 -0800
From:      Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: A big-ish machine, cannot boot
Message-ID:  <AANLkTi=j3C3ccXPJOZpOnxuXVh5sCkx0cdmv-a7CxszJ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4CE6ACEF.4000303@freebsd.org>
References:  <ic65q8$a76$1@dough.gmane.org> <4CE69CFA.4030803@freebsd.org> <20101119171359.65b43213@ernst.jennejohn.org> <AANLkTinWRxy=7J1qRSPHehO2hRTz6cUk1L5pqaD8-tWj@mail.gmail.com> <4CE6ACEF.4000303@freebsd.org>

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On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> wrote:
> on 19/11/2010 18:57 Ivan Voras said the following:
>> On 19 November 2010 17:13, Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@googlemail.com> wr=
ote:
>>> On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:51:22 +0200
>>> Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> on 19/11/2010 17:41 Ivan Voras said the following:
>>>>> Fujitsu TX300
>>>>
>>>> [Thunderbird 3 sometimes fails quoting while replying - blame it]
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps I am wrong, but isn't the "twirly" shown by the loader, still?
>>>> Not sure if the kernel does that.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yup, that's the boot loader. =A0The kernel spits out printfs.
>>
>> Good news, of sorts - I left while I went for dinner and apparently it
>> did boot in the meantime. So it's not a complete hang, it just takes
>> unexpectedly long (10+ minutes?)
>>
>> I'm currently running "make -j24 buildworld" and once it boots it
>> looks very fast!
>
> You ought to determine a cause of the long boot, though.
> No compromises or excuses! :-)

A similar issue occurred with an HP box recently (in the last 3-4
months?). I'd check the archives for more details.
-Garrett



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