Re: gpt zfs booting - loader takes 25s
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:08:03 -0800 mer...@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote: I imagine something high-up in the kernel is asking the ZFS for the first block of a file, and only at that point does all the paperwork processing for consistency check come into play, so there are no messages, just a pause. It seems you're right: I checked and the HDD light is permanently on during the pause. -- Bruce Cran ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
gpt zfs booting - loader takes 25s
I've recently installed a ZFS-only system which is booting from GPT using a 'legacy' BIOS. Something I noticed straight away is that the loader takes a very long time: it pauses after enumerating the disks but before displaying information about the installed memory: BTX loader 1.0.0 BTX version is 1.02 Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS drive C: is disk0 BIOS drive D: is disk1 BIOS drive E: is disk2 BIOS drive F: is disk3 - pauses for 25 seconds, with the spinner occasionally moving BIOS 631kB/3666816kB available memory Is it normal for booting to take such a long time when booting from GPT? -- Bruce Cran ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: gpt zfs booting - loader takes 25s
Bruce == Bruce Cran br...@cran.org.uk writes: Bruce Is it normal for booting to take such a long time when booting Bruce from GPT? Are you shutting down cleanly? I noticed my VPS takes a bit when I've done a hard reboot, but not when I let it go through all the nice sync, even though there aren't any console messages. I imagine something high-up in the kernel is asking the ZFS for the first block of a file, and only at that point does all the paperwork processing for consistency check come into play, so there are no messages, just a pause. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 mer...@stonehenge.com URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/ Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: gpt zfs booting - loader takes 25s
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:08:03 -0800 mer...@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote: I imagine something high-up in the kernel is asking the ZFS for the first block of a file, and only at that point does all the paperwork processing for consistency check come into play, so there are no messages, just a pause. I'm doing a clean reboot, and I don't remember it taking this long when I had a ZFS-only system booting from a disk with an MBR scheme. -- Bruce Cran ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
