Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 07:34:29 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: delays during boot Message-ID: <373137F5.3DE5DC6A@uk.radan.com> References: <37305116.DCBB1666@castle.net> <Pine.SC5.4.10.9905060858400.22338-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> <19990506085525.J40359@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote:
>
> On Thursday, 6 May 1999 at 8:59:31 +1200, Jonathan Chen wrote:
> > On Wed, 5 May 1999, gkaplan wrote:
> >
> >> During the boot process for 2.2.8 there are two significant delays is
> >> the startup process. They both seem to relate to disk initialization
> >> (ide) the combined time of delay is 30 to 45 second. Is there a
> >> modification the I could make to the startup that would shorten this
> >> time without causing an undesirable side effect.
> >
> > You could compile a custom kernel so that it doesn't probe for
> > non-existent IDE devices.
>
> You can also disable them in UserConfig.
>
On a closely related note, what is SCSI_DELAY for? The message says
"waiting for SCSI devices to settle" but what exactly is "settling"? I
can't set mine any lower than 10 seconds and get successful probes
*every* boot.
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