Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:00:30 -0500 From: Maxim Khitrov <mkhitrov@gmail.com> To: Robert Fitzpatrick <lists@webtent.net> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: slow clock on FreeBSD 7.2 on vmware Message-ID: <26ddd1750912121100v63e02b58gb7d7363a6381d9ed@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B23DE63.8000608@webtent.net> References: <4B23CD8A.50203@webtent.com> <26ddd1750912120930m7b02182ma0ace3e4977643a0@mail.gmail.com> <4B23DE63.8000608@webtent.net>
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On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Robert Fitzpatrick <lists@webtent.net> wro= te: > On 12/12/2009 12:30 PM, Maxim Khitrov wrote: >> >> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Robert Fitzpatrick<robert@webtent.com> >> =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
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