Neil Rickert composed on 2019-04-16 09:25 (UTC-0400):
Carlos E. R. wrote:
The installation media on my machine (USB stick) took *seven minutes* just for grub to load the kernel. Then two more minutes till first click.
I'm pretty sure that's a BIOS issue.
I had an older computer that took several minutes to load the kernel and initrd. And that was when kernels were smaller. Grub is using BIOS services for this, and if the BIOS is slow then loading the kernel will be slow.
I've been seeing more and more of this as the size of kernels and initrds continues to grow. It doesn't happen with 32bit or EXT3 or UEFI. https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/grub-legacy-delay-o... -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org