Linux kernel loading very slowly on an IBM A31p laptop

19 Sep 2003

      Hello everybody,

I've been running SuSE since 6.0 on a lot of different desktops and
laptops, but lately I noticed something very strange. When using SuSE 8.2
with an IBM A31p loading the kernel takes about 19 seconds (the part where
it says Loading linux.............). On all other systems this takes just
a few seconds at most. This is a P4 1.8 Ghz laptop, so it should load very
fast.

I'm using the stock 2.4.20-4GB kernel from SuSE with the following append
line: acpi=off hdc=ide-scsi hdclun=0 showopts.

Does anyone have an explanation for this? Could it be something in the
kernelparameters?

Regards,
Marco Teeuwen