Acturbo

Hey all, finally got Unbuntu installed after battling with it for a while. Im using the GRUB loader 1.5 for my dual boot. Honestly it takes it like 5 minutes just to get to the screen where I select my OS. Is this normal? Is there any way to speed it up or a diffrent program I can use? Thanks

Squeeky

ohhhh no mine did that for a while. Its damn annoying i think it might have been a faulty hdd on my pc though

Acturbo

How long does it normal take yours to load now?

Squeeky

um still slow. about 10 seconds longest. If i crash the pc before in linux it takes about 30 seconds to display next boot.

Acturbo

Ok thanks

dangerousHobo

Mines like .1sec.

I think LILO tends to be faster if you wanted to try that.

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The_Jester

Same.

What disto you got? If its debian based (Ubuntu etc) then do in a terminal:

sudo update-grub

if that says "Invalid command" or something similar, switch the update and the grub bit around.

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Acturbo

Yea its Ubuntu. Ill give this a try when I get home, thank you sir .

christian_piper

It shouldn't even take 2 seconds! Mine is like the above- Under a second.

Acturbo

Yea I apparantly have a problem somewhere. Maybe its this ancient IDE hard drive I have Ubuntu loaded on.