Lamar Owen wrote: > On 07/09/2014 01:00 PM, John R Pierce wrote: >> i find the biggest part of server POST is all the storage and network >> adapter bios's need to get in there, scan the storage busses, >> enumerate raids, initialize intel boot agents, and so forth. > > I've found that disabling all but the boot device's BIOS works wonders > and makes installs far happier, with the exception of real hardware RAID > cards. The Linux kernel is quite happy doing any and all fibre-channel <snip> To me, what takes the most time on POST, far and away, is memory. We had a box - Dell, I *think*, but it might have been a Penguin (Supermicro) that took close to 20 min, before we turned off the memory check (well, yes, 256GB RAM).... What I wish didn't take so long is the raid-45? driver, which seems to take forever, and always has. mark _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos