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List:       netbsd-users
Subject:    Re: boot stuck at loading /var/db/entropy-file
From:       scar <scar () drigon ! com>
Date:       2016-06-24 20:48:16
Message-ID: nkk6ag$8eq$1 () ger ! gmane ! org
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Oh forget about it!  BSD is just not good for this server apparently... 
I tried OpenBSD and FreeBSD and they both froze at various stages during 
install.  Debian installed fine....


scar wrote on 06/22/2016 05:38 PM:
> I have got 7.0.1-amd64 installed in our Sun Fire X4540.  Now it's just
> stuck at "Loading /var/db/entropy-file" during boot.
>
> The X4540 has a compact flash card which is used to install the OS onto,
> so all of the hard disks may be used for other things.  The X4540 guide
> recommends to move /var and swap onto the hard disks after installation,
> in order to prevent degradation of the CF card, which I was planning to
> do after the system booted and I configured a RAID.  Is NetBSD having an
> issue because /var is on the CF card still?
>
>
>

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