[t42]slow kernel booting [ was Re: [ltp] [x31] extremely slow booting when usb key inserted]

[Konstantin Filtschew]

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hi,

try to add this in your lilo.conf

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# Faster, but won't work on all systems:
compact
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But as the comment says, it doesn't work on all systems ;)


Greetz

Konstantin Filtschew

On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 02:09 +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 01, 2005 at 10:23:53PM +0200, Mack Stevenson wrote:
> > Howdy everyone,
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> > I have noticed that ever since I enabled the "USB Boot" option in my=20
> > X31's BIOS the boot process becomes very slow (eg, 1min30 just to get=20
> > past the initial IBM splash screen) whenever I have a USB key inserted=20
> > into my thinkpad.
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> > Does fellow thinkpad user also experience this problem? I can boot a=20
> > linux distribution installed on the key without any trouble, but (and=20
> > this is true no matter what is stored in the usb key drive) just having=
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> > it plugged in at boot time makes booting very slow. (Disabling the USB=20
> > boot option makes this problem go away, but the trouble is that now I=20
> > actually need to boot from a usb drive a few times a week...)
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> > Is this a problem with my machine? I have updated to the latest=20
> > BIOS/embedded controller versions to no avail...
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> I also have a very slow boot, but not at the same moment as you.
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> When the kernel is loaded in memory and the word LILO appears on the=20
> screen followed by ..........
> Those dots appear _very_ slowly and until the kernel image actually=20
> boots, i might wait 15-20 seconds.
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> Has anyone had the same problem ? Is there a solution ?
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> Thanks
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> > Thanks for any tip!
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> > Mack Stevenson
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