Hi, The program finally finished,
# time grub-setup /dev/sda real 31m38.438s user 16m17.537s sys 4m22.956s Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0xe9fe2194 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda3 17848 38913 169207648+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 17848 38913 169207617 83 Linux That disk is only partially used. Root device is /dev/sdb1. Running on that device is quite a bit faster, # time grub-setup /dev/sdb real 0m2.870s user 0m0.032s sys 0m0.336s Similarly for grub-setup /dev/sdc So only /dev/sda is affected... -- Adam Majer [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

