Bug#541145: After disable graphic mode speed increase

[Axel Ludszuweit]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.97~beta3-1
Severity: normal

I have the same speed problems described by the bug report creator.
After disable graphical mode the speed increases significant.
Between Welcome to Gub message and menu only some seconds needed, the grub shell does not appear any more.
The boot directory is homed on /dev/md0 and the /usr/share/grub/ directory needed in case of graphical boot mode 
is located in seperate a Raid / LVM partition.

Here is my /etc/default/grub file, to disable graphical terminal

--------------------- snip -----------------------------------------

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entrys
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY="true"

--------------------- snap -----------------------------------------

I hope, this observation helps to find the error.


-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/mapper/OS_1-root / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/md0 /boot ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/data_1-home /files1 ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/data_2-files /files2 ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/data_1-files /home ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/OS_1-opt /opt ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/OS_1-tmp /tmp ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/OS_1-usr /usr ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/OS_1-var /var ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/sda
(hd1)	/dev/sdb
*********************** 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
if terminal_input console ; then true ; else
  # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
  # understand terminal_input
  terminal console
fi
if terminal_output console ; then true ; else
  # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
  # understand terminal_output
  terminal console
fi
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64" {
	insmod raid
	insmod mdraid
	insmod ext2
	set root=(md0)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 17a5098a-5f17-483a-859b-55196a012e52
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/OS_1-root ro  quiet
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod raid
	insmod mdraid
	insmod ext2
	set root=(md0)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 17a5098a-5f17-483a-859b-55196a012e52
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/OS_1-root ro single 
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29-1-amd64" {
	insmod raid
	insmod mdraid
	insmod ext2
	set root=(md0)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 17a5098a-5f17-483a-859b-55196a012e52
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.29-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/OS_1-root ro  quiet
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.29-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29-1-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod raid
	insmod mdraid
	insmod ext2
	set root=(md0)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 17a5098a-5f17-483a-859b-55196a012e52
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.29-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/OS_1-root ro single 
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.29-1-amd64
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

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

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]       1.5.27       Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common                 1.97~beta3-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                       2.9-25       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  ucf                         3.0021       Update Configuration File: preserv

grub-pc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
pn  desktop-base                  <none>     (no description available)
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/kopt_extracted: 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