Disable the floppy controller. Its been reported on the FreeBSD lists. Also, I'm working on a small bug where php is launching quite frequently which is driving up the CPU load.
Scott On 9/14/05, Gary Buckmaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have also seen this behavior on several different machines with no rhyme > or reason to it. I have seen this issue in 0.82.4 as well as 0.84 (I don't > remember off-hand if I saw it happening in a version previous to 0.82.4 or > if so, what version it was). > > This issue does not appear to be specific to a particular hard drive > make/type/model nor to a particular brand of motherboard, but I would > suspect that this hang, whatever it is, is probably a FreeBSD issue and not > specific to pfSense. > > -Gary > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig Roy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:17 AM > To: discussion@pfsense.com > Subject: [pfSense-discussion] Massive Boot delay during load > > > > > Hi All, > > > > Thanks for your work and efforts in making pfSense a great product. > > > > After the release of the Update .84 I downloaded the complete update file > and proceeded to upload to my test machine, (which will be going through its > paces until November when I finally get DSL). > > > > Here is what I have experienced after the update. After uploading the update > file, I rebooted the system and observed the boot process. I was initially > met by the normal bootup process until it got to: > > > > ad0: 38165MB <Seagate ST340016A 3.10> at ata0-master UDMA100 > > acd0: CDRW <CD-W54E/7.1F7H> at ata1-master PIO4 > > 10minute boot delay then displayed the following (copied from the system log > but same message). > > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a > > > > I thought that it had stalled during bootup and I rebooted. > > > > Again the delay halt, during this delay, no HDD or CDRW activity is observed > for nearly 10 minutes (to the second). I thought that I had managed to > corrupt the setup. I simply reinstalled the previous ISO .82.4 and normal > boot time experienced. I then again updated the firmware to .84 and > rebooted, the same delay noticed and timed at 10minutes before continuing to > the pf menu. I wondered if the update had a problem, so I downloaded the ISO > .84 and reinstalled the complete setup from the new ISO. > > > > From booting the CD to get to the install procedure was again 10 minutes. I > have gone through the boot loader files, but I am unable to see anything out > of the ordinary that would cause this delay. > > I changed the IDE Channels from CDRW to HDD and so on that I would normally > do during a troubleshooting procedure, right down to having No NIC's > installed and HDD only, same result. > > > > Will the old loader files be compatible with this version to test? > > I am not sure if it is looking for a device that is not actually installed > in my machine that may have been on the DEV machine, and thought that it may > actually look for Flash Cards during this time and is consistently waiting > for a response until it times out before continuing. > > Have you got any ideas that I may try? > > > > WebGUI CPU Meter Usage is better but still @ 60% - 67% idle. > > > > I hope that you don't mind me giving you some feedback. I am not greatly > concerned at this point in time as this is basically my own machine. I am > used to installing systems and testing is one of the jobs that I do day to > day. > > > > SYSTEM SPECS > > 2GHZ Intel P4 > > 40GB HDD > > 512MB DDR > > 4xNETGEAR RLTK8169 > > > > Kindest Regards, > > > > Craig Roy > > Horizon IT Consultants > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > AUSTRALIAN RESELLER > > FOR > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.24/101 - Release Date: 13/09/2005 > > >
