I guess part of it must have something to do with how the devices are identified by the FreeBSD kernel vs linux. I know also that when using a ZFS boot partition, it takes a lot longer to my system to boot compared to UFS...
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 5:10 PM, David Demelier <demelier.da...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello, > > I know this is a awful subject, but I recently tried a Gentoo on my laptop > and I was surprised to see Linux booting about 2-3 times faster than > FreeBSD. > > I don't talk about the init/rc script but only kernel initialisation. For > linux kernel it's around 5-6 seconds vs 15-18 seconds for FreeBSD. > > Why FreeBSD is so slower than Linux to boot the kernel? > > Cheers, > > -- > David Demelier > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"