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[Bug 247960] Re: initrd image is read really slowly when booting from USB2.0 HDD

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From: ErikH <247960@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:36:59 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 247960 <247960@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hello!

I have a similar problem after installing Ubuntu Server 10.10 to an Eee PC 4G.
It seems to be frozen for 30 seconds after select a boot entry in the grub menu and
then the kernel starts.
I opened an interactive grub shell and entered the grub commands manually.
After enter "linux ..." (4 MB kernel is loaded?) and "initrd ..." (10 MB initrd is loaded?) the
system hangs for a long time before I get a prompt again. That is definitely where the
system spends the 30 seconds during boot!
When I finally enter the "boot" command as last command in the grub shell the kernel boots
really fast and the login prompt is available after 3-4 seconds.

So the issue clearly is the time it takes for the "linux" and "initrd" command of grub
to finish whatever they do!

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initrd image is read really slowly when booting from USB2.0 HDD
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247960
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