[ltp] [x31] extremely slow booting when usb key inserted

[JP Renaud]

> I suggest you leave the capability to boot from USB enabled, but
> change the order of boot devices so that USB is after the internal
> HDD. Then it shouldn't probe the stick in normal bootup. When you
> actually want to boot from USB, you can bring up the list of boot
> devices by pressing F12 on the first screen after switching on the
> Thinkpad and choose USB manually. That selection will be valid for
> that bootup only.

would it be possible to install grub on the USB device and have one 
entry to boot from a hard drive partition ?

-- 
JP Renaud