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Subject: Re: Wait 15 seconds for SCSI to settle
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ashadul hoque wrote:

>Hello everyone,
>
>I have installed FreeBSD5.2.1-RELEASE on Vmware.
>
>When booting I am seeing the message "Wait 15 seconds for SCSI to settle".
>
>The problem is I am not using any SCSI device on my virtual machine. I 
>tried "sysctl kern.cam.scsi_delay=100" but no improvement.
>
>Can anyone give me pointer on how to reduce boot time by reducing the 
>delay. 
>I want to squeeze maximum performance out of this setting. So, any pointer 
>to the right direction will be appreciated.
>
>
>regards
>Ashadul
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Look in your kernel config fiile for this line:

options         SCSI_DELAY=15000        #Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI

and comment it out.

Michael

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