From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 18 11:00:23 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB63516A401 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:00:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@pingle.org) Received: from willow.pingle.org (willow.pingle.org [208.149.144.13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDF5713C4AA for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:00:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@pingle.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by willow.pingle.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A60311498; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:43:57 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at pingle.org Received: from willow.pingle.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (willow.pingle.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id dQWmT9T4GMJm; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:43:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (josie.pingle.org [209.125.59.4]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jim) by willow.pingle.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A865611496; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:43:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <469DEEE9.6030705@pingle.org> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:43:53 -0400 From: Jim Pingle User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Charles Sprickman References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: long pause in startup X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:00:24 -0000 Charles Sprickman wrote: > Any ideas on this one? This machine (one of those ancient VALinux 2U > boxes, Intel L440GX+ board, dual PIII) hangs for a very long time > between the second processor launching and geom_mirror kicking in. It > does always boot, but the hang is more than a minute - just enough to > make one nervous when rebooting remotely... > > Is this just the mirror taking a really long time to initialize, or > something more sinister? [snip] > Any info is appreciated, this is just something I wanted to check out > before bringing this into production (secondary ns, mx w/pfspamd). I've got a bunch of these and they all do it. It seems to be something with the floppy controller. During the hang it's accessing the floppy drive (light is on) and if the floppy is disabled, there is no hang. IIRC if you have a floppy in the drive it also does not hang. That's the short version, anyhow. It's been discussed on the list before so you might check the archives for a better/more complete answer. Jim