I'm running DG45ID with BIOS version 0079 (flashed it about two weeks ago, barely days before version 0081 came out). I'll test with BIOS version 0081 (perhaps later today) to see if it fixes the grub delay issue. The version 0081 changelog says "Added patch for the issue of GATE A20 can not open." [sic] which sounds like it could make a difference for grub.
If BIOS version 0081 does not fix the delay, I think the best choice would be to request support from Intel. If the "BIOS bug" reported by the linux kernel is real, then Intel should fix the issue! If I remember correctly I have two Samsung 750 GB SATA disks connected to SATA1 and SATA2 and Samsung DVD+RW drive connected to SATA3. The BIOS seems to always wait for both HDDs to spin up at the start even though I have no hard drive delay set in the BIOS. The board also supports UEFI boot and I think ELILO should work with it. I have no previous experience with ELILO and I need to dual boot to Windows so I have to figure out if that's possible. [Offtopic notes: if you plan to get DG45ID and put Windows XP in it, you'll need to slipstream SP3 and install SATA drivers during the install from the floppy drive or slipstreamed on the install CD if you plan to use AHCI or RAID support with it. In the end, I think that DG45ID is a nice board if you can live without the legacy features such as IDE, PS/2 and the friends] -- slow boot on intel DG45ID https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275351 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
