Comment 4 for bug 693914

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Ron Blom (reablom) wrote : Re: [Bug 693914] Re: Swapon delays boot when mounting swap partition on SSD

It's been almost three years since I filed this and by now I totally forgot
about it.

However I just changed the swap partition in fstab back to the HDD and I
don't see the delay during boot anymore... :-S

On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Phillip Susi <email address hidden> wrote:

> Does this still happen if remove the swap from /etc/fstab and manually
> run swapon?
>
>
> ** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
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> Title:
> Swapon delays boot when mounting swap partition on SSD
>
> Status in “util-linux” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: mount
>
> I recently installed a SSD in my PC.
> Bootchart shows a ~10s delay when "swapon" is busy see:
> http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/8...ck20101223.png
> After changing the swap partition to a partition on my (rotational) HDD
> the delay by "swapon" is gone:
> http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/8...ck20101223.png
>
> Further info:
>
> Release: Ubuntu 10.10
> Package version:
> mount:
> Installed: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
> Candidate: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
> Version table:
> *** 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 0
> 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386
> Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> If more info is needed, just ask...
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
> Package: mount 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic-pae 2.6.35.8
> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic-pae i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Thu Dec 23 20:32:14 2010
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386
> (20101007)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: util-linux
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