[Info-vax] Cluster boot delay

[Wilm Boerhout]

smithfarm mentioned  on 14-11-2010 13:19:
> I'm getting a delay of 1 minute when booting the boot server on my
> two-node cluster.
>
> The delay occurs at the beginning of the boot process - it waits for 1
> minute after the following message:
>
> MSCPLOAD-I-LOADMSCP, loading the MSCP disk server
>
> Does anyone know the reason for this delay and is there a fix for it?
>
> (There is no malfunction; just a delay that slows the boot process.)
>
> Nathan

I have come to regard this behaviour as normal with forming of a 
cluster. If you're interested in which sub-phase the delay occurs, you 
can try booting with the bootflag set to 20000 (>>> B/R5:20000 ddcu for 
VAX, or >>>B -FL 0,20000 ddcu for Alpha. This is assuming you're booting 
into root 0, otherwise just add the 20000 to your current bootflags.


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