[plug] Ubuntu woes

[Ian Kent]

On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 23:04 +0800, Steve Baker wrote:
> Martin Barry wrote:
> > $quoted_author = "Steve Baker" ;
> >   
> >> I would think that the really slow boot (took nearly 20mins tonight when  
> >> I restarted with upgraded kernel) is a key symptom.
> >>     
> >
> > It may be a dumb question, but surely you noticed what took an inordinately
> > long time to complete during the boot process
> Not a dumb question, but no, I did not really notice.  The orange bar 
> swings back and forth (very very slowly), then stops for a bit, moves a 
> bit, etc.  Perhaps a switch to VT6 might give some info, I might try 
> that next time I restart.
> 
> Interestingly, checking output from kern.log, syslog and messages after 
> boot all show a total of about 6 minutes from boot to the last message; 
> it must be taking all that time to load up the kernel / initrd from the 
> boot device.  Surely not?

Or it's struggling with a SATA controller at kernel load.
Switch to the console screen and see if you have any messages.

> 
> I'll run a full memtest86 and see if that identifies any issues with the 
> RAM.
> 
> Regards,
> Steve
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