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Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:12:49 +0200
From: Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il>
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hi,
as soon as I 'initialize' a virtual disk via gpart, even if nothing
is mounted, the pxeboot adds around 60s delay to show the boot menu,
- I don't know if the delay is in boot or pxeboot.
if I destroy the geom, the the boot menu appears inmediately.

any insight?

danny