Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 07:14:00 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> Cc: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r47478 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1510020707440.14626@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <201510020852.t928qnwx091479@repo.freebsd.org> References: <201510020852.t928qnwx091479@repo.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 2 Oct 2015, Ed Maste wrote: > Author: emaste (src committer) > Date: Fri Oct 2 08:52:48 2015 > New Revision: 47478 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47478 > > Log: > Update memory test info: not run by default in 10.2 and later > > Reviewed by: dru > Approved by: dru > > Modified: > head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml > > Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml > ============================================================================== > --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Fri Oct 2 08:29:10 2015 (r47477) > +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Fri Oct 2 08:52:48 2015 (r47478) > @@ -3459,10 +3459,11 @@ kern.sched.name: ULE</screen> > </question> > > <answer> > - <para>&os; does a short memory test early in the boot > - process. This test usually only takes several seconds, > - however if the system has many 10s or 100s of gigabytes > - of memory it can take up to a few minutes. This test can > + <para>&os; 10.1 and earlier executes a memory test early > + in the boot process. This test takes several seconds > + if the system has a small amount of memory. On systems > + with 10s or 100s of gigabytes of memory it can take ^^^ ^^^^ These look like units rather than counts. Better to just use the words "tens or hundreds". > + a few minutes or more. This test can "This test" is repeated a couple of times. Some rearranging can reduce that redundancy. See below. > be disabled by setting <literal>hw.memtest.tests</literal> > to <literal>0</literal> in > <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>.</para> Suggestion: <para>&os; 10.1 and earlier tests memory early in the boot process. When the system has a small amount of memory, the test takes a few seconds. Computers with tens or hundreds of gigabytes of memory can take several minutes to complete the test. The memory test can be disabled by adding <literal>hw.memtest.tests=0</literal> to <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>.</para>
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