From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 22:02:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 901B41065676 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:02:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raggen@passagen.se) Received: from av9-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (av9-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 580D78FC1E for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:02:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raggen@passagen.se) Received: by av9-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id BC65337EE1; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:02:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.101]) by av9-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9634737EEE; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:02:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.1.31] (90-230-141-139-no41.tbcn.telia.com [90.230.141.139]) by smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC62837E4F; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:02:18 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <47CF1866.7070109@passagen.se> Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:02:14 +0100 From: Roger Olofsson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Martin McCormick References: <200803052153.m25LrVJ8035825@m.it.okstate.edu> In-Reply-To: <200803052153.m25LrVJ8035825@m.it.okstate.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: faster booting X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:02:21 -0000 Martin McCormick skrev: > I second the statement about BIOS checks taking a long > time. After working with many FreeBSD boxes, mostly Dells and a > few IBM servers, they can take forever (2 to 3 minutes) which > seems like forever when one is trying to get back on line quickly. > If one is using a serial console, the \|/-\|/- of the > kernel loading doesn't start until most of that time is gone. I > am guessing the actual FreeBSD kernel bootup is maybe 30 seconds > or so. If you have a SCSI bus, be sure the settling time built > in to the boot process is as short as will still work correctly. > Earlier versions of FreeBSD waited 15 seconds default. I safely > got it down to 1.5 seconds and might have even gotten it shorter > if I really knew how long it took the bus to settle. > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > Systems Engineer > OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > I tend to not reboot machines...FreeBSD somehow makes that possible. But If I do a shutdown there's the CTRL-D to get it back up fast.... Just my nickels worth. /R