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. Thanks you in advance -- Best regards, Lo?c BLOT, UNIX systems, security and network expert http://www.unix-experience.fr -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 230 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20130622/ccc0c7ff/attachment.sig>
On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 09:37:37PM +0200, Loc BLOT wrote:> 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.1. What FreeBSD version exactly? (Please don't say "9.1", we need to know the full version, e.g. 9.1-RELEASE, or if you built your own we need uname -a output (you can hide the machine name)) 2. How many disks are in the machine? 3. Are any of the disks used for ZFS? There have been **many** improvements to the FreeBSD bootloader with regards to things taking a long time on boot-up in semi-recent days, but answers to the above questions will determine that. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at koitsu.org | | UNIX Systems Administrator http://jdc.koitsu.org/ | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB |
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lo?c BLOT" <loic.blot at 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 ===============================================This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise disseminating it or any information contained in it. In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please telephone +44 845 868 1337 or return the E.mail to postmaster at multiplay.co.uk.