Bug#475177: [grub-pc] Installing or upgrading grub-pc lasts over 20 minutes

[Paul Menzel]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.96+20080408-1
Severity: normal

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Dear DDs,


last week I installed a newly sid system. During installation it did not
work—I will submit an installation report later—but later I finally got
grub-pc installed. But it took a long time and today upgrading to 1.96
+20080408-1 it took over 30 minutes.

Richte grub-common ein (1.96+20080408-1) ...
Richte grub-pc ein (1.96+20080408-1) ... <-- Maybe 15 minutes.
Updating /boot/grub/grub.cfg ... <-- Maybe 10 Minutes.
Found Debian background: debian-blueish-wallpaper-640x480.png
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-1-686
done <-- Maybe 5 minutes.

Also booting, I can read the line

Welcome to Grubv2 (I think)

in the upper left corner for about 10 seconds before the menu is
displayed.

I am using a software RAID1 (mdadm).

$ cat /boot/grub/device.map 
(fd0)	/dev/fd0
(hd0)	/dev/sda
(hd1)	/dev/sdb


$ cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg 
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/update-grub using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
insmod raid
set default=0
set timeout=5
set root=(s-r)
if font (md0)/grub/unicode.pff ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  terminal gfxterm
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod png
if background_image (md0)/grub/debian-blueish-wallpaper-640x480.png ; then
  set color_normal=black/black
  set color_highlight=magenta/black
else
  set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
  set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_hurd ###
### END /etc/grub.d/10_hurd ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.24-1-686" {
	linux	(md0)/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 root=/dev/mapper/s-r ro 
	initrd	(md0)/initrd.img-2.6.24-1-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.24-1-686 (single-user mode)" {
	linux	(md0)/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 root=/dev/mapper/s-r ro single 
	initrd	(md0)/initrd.img-2.6.24-1-686
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###


Thanks a lot,

Paul

--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.24-1-686

Debian Release: lenny/sid
  500 unstable        debian.tu-bs.de 

--- Package information. ---
Depends                   (Version) | Installed
===================================-+-====================
debconf                             | 1.5.20
debconf                   (>= 0.5)  | 1.5.20
 OR debconf-2.0                     | 
grub-common                         | 1.96+20080408-1
libc6                    (>= 2.7-1) | 2.7-10
liblzo1                             | 1.08-3
libncurses5     (>= 5.6+20071006-3) | 5.6+20080405-1
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