Re: A big-ish machine, cannot boot

From: Sean Bruno <seanbru_at_yahoo-inc.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:02:03 -0800
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 09:08 -0800, Ivan Voras wrote:
> On 19 November 2010 18:04, Garrett Cooper <gcooper_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
> > A similar issue occurred with an HP box recently (in the last 3-4
> > months?). I'd check the archives for more details.
> 
> Yes, I remembered the post by Sean Bruno but then I also remembered
> people replying they have successfully booted larger machines than his
> or mine.
> 
> What is the last thing the loader does before booting the kernel?
> Enumberating memory regions?
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What I've seen is that the long pause occurs between the display of the
SMAP (boot verbose) and the copywrite notice.  The delay gets worse with
larger memory maps.

Sean
Received on Fri Nov 19 2010 - 17:02:42 UTC

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