Freebsd on the sun x4440

[krad]

On 17 May 2012 01:34, Mark Saad <nonesuch at longcount.org> wrote:

> All
>  I am setting up 3 sun x4440 with freebsd 7.3 amd64 . The severs have 4x
> 4-core opterons and 128G of ram each . Once the servers boot they are a good
> fit for what we are doing and preform well . The odd thing I am seeing is a
> long delay in boot up . Once in the initial loading of the kernel at the "|"
> for 1-2 mins . Then again shortly after printing the kernel banner "freebsd
> 7.3-release etc etc etc" .  This delay is about 1-2 mins as well.  So my
> question does any one know what I could do to speed up the boot up ? I
> suspect the first delay is due to a serial  device probe the second is a
> mystery . also the bios load up time is about 5 mins on this box does anyone
> have any ideas on speeding that up ?
>
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why 7.3? You might have better luck with 8.2. Not I real answer but
sometimes its easier to go around issues