Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 22:58:34 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r43199 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <201311162258.rAGMwYfs007283@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Sat Nov 16 22:58:33 2013 New Revision: 43199 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43199 Log: Teach people about hw.memtest.tests. Submitted by: Allan Jude <freebsd@allanjude.com> 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 Sat Nov 16 13:36:40 2013 (r43198) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Sat Nov 16 22:58:33 2013 (r43199) @@ -3669,6 +3669,26 @@ C:\="DOS"</programlisting> in &man.tunefs.8;.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> + + <qandaentry> + <question xml:id="slow-boot-memtest"> + <para>Why does &os; pause for a long time at boot when the + system has large amounts of ram?</para> + </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 be disabled by setting the + <literal>hw.memtest.tests</literal> to + <literal>0</literal> in + <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>.</para> + + <para>For more details, see &man.loader.conf.5;.</para> + </answer> + </qandaentry> </qandaset> <sect1 xml:id="all-about-zfs">
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