Grub uses harddrive a lot before starting
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu Studio |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
grub2 (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
After a fresh installed UbuntuStudio Karmic (9.10), grub 2 takes a long time to start at every boot. My harddrive LED is constantly lit for about 20 seconds before reaching the list where I can choose the different kernels. What is grub doing with my harddrive all that time? Is there a logfile where I can see what it has been doing?
Just before the UbuntuStudio installation I installed another (rather old) harddrive. It is possible that the main problem is this harddrive. Right now my configuration is:
IDE1: master: 80 GB, slave 160GB
IDE2: master: old 60GB (for the UbuntuStudio installation), slave DVD
My old install was Ubuntu 9.04 on the 80 GB harddrive and as far as I know that used grub 1. Started in a glance...
I confirm that too. Luckyly, it takes only about 5 seconds to see the grub2 menu. During this time i see only "loading grub" message and hear intensive hard-drive-seeking noise.