On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 22:52, Anne Wilson wrote: > Recently I have experience slow boot-up times. Since I rarely re-boot, I have > no idea when the problem started. Undoubtedly it is because of something > that I have changed, but it could have been any time over the last few weeks, > so I could do with some clues as to where to start looking. > > The first delay is apparent in the step which I think is labelled 'mounting > local filesystems' and this causes the usb LS120 to spin for a considerable > time. It happens even if there is no disk in, though possibly not quite as > long - I haven't timed it. > > The really big delay comes after the blue screen with wrist-watch appears, and > before the kde boot display showing progress. > > Has anyone any idea what may be happening during that period? > > Anne >
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