starting slow

[Tiago]

I am using Ubuntu 7.04 and since yesterday it tooks more than 1,5 minute to start.
It is too long and I don't know. I only updated it because it asked me to do that.
Is there anyway to scandisk or reinstall it without lose my documents?
Thank you.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
better. Please try booting without the 'quiet' and 'splash' options and
see if you can find out which part of the boot process is taking a long
time. You can learn about modifying grub boot options at:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto . Thanks in advance.

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[Tiago (tiago2006)]

Thanks for your answer.
I read all that you send me but I didn't find how to boot without quiet and splash.
Can you tell me what to do?
Thank you very much
Tiago

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Here are some detailed instructions.
"If you need to get into the grub menu, to modify boot options or choose a different kernel, you need to press 'ESC' just after it starts. By default you have to press 'ESC' very quickly. After pressing 'ESC' you will be presented with a list of kernels and operating systems that you can boot. To modify the boot options highlight the operating system you want to edit and press 'e'. There you will be presented with lines starting with 'root', 'kernel', 'initrd', 'quiet' and 'savedefault'. To receive a more verbose boot process you can remove the 'quiet' line by highlighting it and pressing 'd' to remove that line. You will also need to highlight the 'kernel' line press 'e' to edit and remove the word 'splash' from the end of the line . After making any necessary modifications you can press 'b' to boot that operating system. These modifications will not persist across reboots. "