From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 12 19:00:52 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93188106566B for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:00:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mkhitrov@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f226.google.com (mail-ew0-f226.google.com [209.85.219.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 282F68FC14 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:00:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy26 with SMTP id 26so2251973ewy.3 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:00:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=pxQhWJnAr8983kGgnJ5Vs7r2Qkww3R2sklI6v3LoV/U=; b=S86Bovx/pHH7UIhWZ+CPEXIsqvxgOOBhqp0PCXrdAV4fAVaQyvbA7ySn/jdIuGv/Bo mY4atpnnuPVpzU/O4KAPj6QAQlzmDmZ01kqFOVCWrxXHukb7fki96ZGhfU8FdyCBdc8n VXPBGzL6GSXvz7wTYvlS1Ncw87NSiKrDL3rFU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=WGtXrTxGb2fNwuuJpNnPcCKSL++bCzLXbsCX1ivQS9eOb+V8o5sSrmm6oVzd5SJgKo p8khcjEtTdglkfrQOtMD+XxRqcuGzJ28qMl6k/FYqi6YHsoz+9OIbTVl4v5bbi7wIUSS 2rq9XNAvFk76ysjq1/i651AtOG+AezTLUUQcA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.110.17 with SMTP id l17mr1203648ebp.18.1260644450092; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:00:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B23DE63.8000608@webtent.net> References: <4B23CD8A.50203@webtent.com> <26ddd1750912120930m7b02182ma0ace3e4977643a0@mail.gmail.com> <4B23DE63.8000608@webtent.net> From: Maxim Khitrov Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:00:30 -0500 Message-ID: <26ddd1750912121100v63e02b58gb7d7363a6381d9ed@mail.gmail.com> To: Robert Fitzpatrick Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: slow clock on FreeBSD 7.2 on vmware X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:00:52 -0000 On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Robert Fitzpatrick wro= te: > On 12/12/2009 12:30 PM, Maxim Khitrov wrote: >> >> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Robert Fitzpatrick >> =C2=A0wrote: >> >>> >>> I found posts about this and a possible solution is to disable APIC by >>> adding hint.apic.0.disabled=3D1 to /boot/loader.conf. But after doing s= o, >>> it >>> booted to the mountroot prompt and would not recognize my ufs:/dev/da0s= 1a >>> partition when tried. I went to FixIt and removed the line from the >>> loader.conf file and it boots fine. I do have some other things to help >>> the >>> pgsql db on this server in the loader.conf file, are they interfering? >>> >>> pgsql# cat /boot/loader.conf >>> kern.ipc.semmni=3D32 >>> kern.ipc.semmns=3D512 >>> hint.apic.0.disabled=3D1 >>> >> >> Add kern.hz=3D"100" to loader.conf. >> >> - Max >> > > Thanks for the suggestion, but i added to the loader.conf file, but the > kernel would not even load then, let alone getting to any prompt includin= g > mountroot :( > I've never encountered that problem. I have two VMWare servers running 7.2, and this is the only way to get semi-accurate time keeping. You still have to run ntpd to keep the clock from drifting. Maybe remove the other settings from loader.conf and try again with just this one line? If the kernel still doesn't load, what messages do you see on the screen? - Max