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Subject: Re: Long wait for harddisk detection during kernel boot
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Bill Moran wrote:
> Rob Lahaye wrote:
>>
>> I'm using 4.7 Release.
>>
>> When the kernel boots, I get a relatively long wait (a minute or more)
>> at the harddisk detection. The HD is a IBM-DTLA/30.7Gb; CPU is Intel
>> 1.7 GHz.
> 
> 
> I don't know the answer to your question ... but I can say a few things
> about the issue:
> 1) I have it happening on a few older machines
> 2) These machines are rock-stable in every other regard
> 
> Hope this is useful.

Same here, rock-stable I mean; but my PC is actually just about a year old.

Rob.