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Subject: Re: slow bootloader on Dell R320
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Loïc BLOT" <loic.blot@unix-experience.fr>
> Hi all !
> Thanks for the very good support of Dell R320 hardware, perc H310 is
> well supported, BCM5720 seems to work correctly and performances are
> great.
> The only problem i have found is very strange. The FreeBSD bootloader
> take many times to load, 30sec-2minutes to boot the kernel and show the
> bootloader menu. After that, the system boots properly, at a normal
> speed.
> Is there any issue or optimization i can do ?
> The OpenBSD bootloader doesn't have this problem.

Do you have a large amount of memory in the machine, if so try adding
this to /boot/loader.conf

hw.memtest.tests="0"

    Regards
    Steve 


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