From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 17 05:59:14 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CB751065672 for ; Tue, 17 May 2011 05:59:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Received: from vps1.elischer.org (vps1.elischer.org [204.109.63.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 204D78FC08 for ; Tue, 17 May 2011 05:59:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from julian-mac.elischer.org (home-nat.elischer.org [67.100.89.137]) (authenticated bits=0) by vps1.elischer.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p4H5xA1X092404 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 16 May 2011 22:59:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <4DD20EA9.5060300@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 22:59:05 -0700 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Saad References: <83D72FE6-15E8-4113-9811-05299D9C2402@longcount.org> In-Reply-To: <83D72FE6-15E8-4113-9811-05299D9C2402@longcount.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Freebsd And the sun x4440 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 05:59:14 -0000 On 5/16/12 5:42 PM, Mark Saad wrote: > All > I am setting up 3 sun x4440 with freebsd 7.3 amd64 . The severs have 4x 4-core opterons and 128G of ram each . Once the servers boot they are a good fit for what we are doing and preform well . The odd thing I am seeing is a long delay in boot up . Once in the initial loading of the kernel at the "|" for 1-2 mins . Then again shortly after printing the kernel banner "freebsd 7.3-release etc etc etc" . This delay is about 1-2 mins as well. So my question does any one know what I could do to speed up the boot up ? I suspect the first delay is due to a serial device probe the second is a mystery . also the bios load up time is about 5 mins on this box does anyone have any ideas on speeding that up ? I'd suspect that all three are some sort of memory probe or test. you might also check they are not trying to do a PXE boot first. > ---- > mark saad > Nonesuch@longcount.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >