[issue459] live-initramfs: Long wait on "Searching for GRML file"

[Michael Prokop]

Michael Prokop <mika at grml.org> added the comment:

* Fletcher wrote in grml's BTS on 20091116 / 22:40:

> I'm booting from a CD.

Ok.

> No special bootoptions ... just the default "/boot/grmlmedium/linux26
> /boot/grmlmedium/initrd.gz boot=live apm=power-off vga=791 guiet nomce".

Ok.

> When I added "bootfrom=removable" to the options it actually reduced the time by
> about 1 minute.  It now takes about 70 seconds.

Ok, 70 seconds for just the "Searching for GRML file" or for
complete boot?

> We seem to be headed in the right direction.  Any more things to tweak?

Is anything obvious inside output of dmesg?
Any chance you try booting from USB pen and check whether the
situation is the same there?

regards,
-mika-

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assignedto: mika
messages: 1304, 1307, 1308, 1327, 1935, 2745, 2746, 2747, 2748
nosy: mika, zugschlus
priority: wish
status: need-eg
title: live-initramfs: Long wait on "Searching for GRML file"

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