It's a usplash bug -- spinning and using up all of your CPU try booting without "splash" in the kernel command-line
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: upstart => usplash -- Very slow BootUp and SwitchOff https://launchpad.net/bugs/83020 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
