From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 22 02:35:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 060ED16A403 for ; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 02:35:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pbowen@fastmail.fm) Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A966743D8A for ; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 02:35:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pbowen@fastmail.fm) Received: from db2.internal (db2.internal [10.202.2.12]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EE99DB8791 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:35:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by db2.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:35:39 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: nodDnQGxeGHibGxadoW3KVzJ5gMfuKIae0lr8pMVWEx+ 1161484538 Received: from [10.51.25.122] (unknown [204.110.228.254]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B469F79AC for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:35:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <453B1F3E.2090603@fastmail.fm> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 02:35:26 -0500 From: Patrick Bowen User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061012) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Slow boot from btx load to kernel. 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: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 02:35:38 -0000 I have a triple boot setup ( WinXP, FreeBSD, and Ubuntu Linux) on which I upgraded the Ubuntu from 6.06 to 6.10. Now, when I boot the FreeBSD slice, it will take tens of seconds to load /boot/loader and the sound modules I use. It used to go by so fast I couldn't even see what exactly was happening. I tried using "fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/ad0" and "boot0cfg -B /dev/ad0", thinking that moving back to the FreeBSD booter might do it, but to no avail. Can anyone tell me what I might have hosed, and how I might regain the previous booting speed? Thanks, Patrick