Carlos E. R. composed on 2018-02-09 14:41 (UTC+0100):
The second issue is that in my desktop machine, the kernel loading (before it probes for anything) took minutes. Several minutes. It was astonishing. This also happens in my virtual machines, IIRC.
I had slow kernel/initrd loading on 2-3 machines for over 2 years (maybe 3?), until about 2 weeks ago, reported here without response once or twice and also: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/grub-legacy-delay-o... BIOS changes radically reduced the delays here. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org