Bug#541145: menu and kernels load extremely slow

Andrea Zagli azagli at libero.it
Mon Sep 7 17:03:01 UTC 2009


Subject: grub-pc: menu and kernels load extremely slow
Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.97~beta2-2
Severity: normal

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i have exactly the same problem as Kai Wasserbäch with grub-pc version  
1.97~beta2-2: very slow to load menu and during menu load disk is very  
busy


-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/root / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/sdb8 /home ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/sdb7 /tmp ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/sdb5 /usr ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/sdb6 /var ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt/win fuseblk  
rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096  
0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/sda
(hd1)	/dev/sdb
(hd2)	/dev/sdc
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map

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

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=0
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f9f40cec-06e8-4c0d-b92e-4c3fcbbc6cb5
if loadfont /share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
   set gfxmode=640x480
   insmod gfxterm
   insmod vbe
   if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
     # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
     # understand terminal_output
     terminal gfxterm
   fi
fi
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74b80e17-4a81-4a7f-8a25-40904983af76
insmod png
if background_image /boot/grub/moreblue-orbit-grub.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_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd1,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74b80e17-4a81-4a7f-8a25-40904983af76
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro  quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd1,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74b80e17-4a81-4a7f-8a25-40904983af76
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro single
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-amd64" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd1,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74b80e17-4a81-4a7f-8a25-40904983af76
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro  quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd1,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74b80e17-4a81-4a7f-8a25-40904983af76
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro single
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29-2-amd64" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd1,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74b80e17-4a81-4a7f-8a25-40904983af76
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-2-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro  quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-2-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29-2-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd1,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74b80e17-4a81-4a7f-8a25-40904983af76
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-2-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro single
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-2-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29-amd64" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd1,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74b80e17-4a81-4a7f-8a25-40904983af76
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro  quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd1,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74b80e17-4a81-4a7f-8a25-40904983af76
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro single
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.28-amd64" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd1,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74b80e17-4a81-4a7f-8a25-40904983af76
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro  quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.28-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd1,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74b80e17-4a81-4a7f-8a25-40904983af76
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro single
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-amd64
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
	linux	/boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
	linux	/boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file is an example on how to add custom entries
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
   APT prefers unstable
   APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (750, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-amd64 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]       1.5.27       Debian configuration  
management sy
ii  grub-common                 1.97~beta2-2 GRand Unified Bootloader, version
ii  libc6                       2.9-26       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  ucf                         3.0021       Update Configuration  
File: preserv

grub-pc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
ii  desktop-base                  5.0.5      common files for the  
Debian Deskto
ii  genisoimage                   9:1.1.9-1  Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM  
filesystem

-- debconf information:
   grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda, /dev/sdb
   grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
   grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet






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