Hi...I'm having an issue with the kernel taking much longer to load than the original install. It seems to be looking for arrays now, loading a disk for exactly 1 minute and thirty seconds, having issues with the bios etc etc.

# uname -a
Linux debian 4.19.0-16-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.181-1 (2021-03-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux


I'm wondering if the current config can be deleted and restored to original as if from first boot.

I wonder if this could be related.

1 members found this post helpful.

Thank you for the reply Mr. Mazda...always appreciate your responses.
Yes it does seem to be exactly what is happening. I guess the best solution here is reverting back to Ext3 in future installs. Is this the solution you found?

I didn't really find one. Using an SSD instead of HDD helps, especially if the I/O controller supports its full speed rather than an older PC with SATA1 or SATA2 instead of SATA3. Also make sure the BIOS isn't using IDE if there is an AHCI option to use instead. EXT3 is slower overall than EXT4, which may or may not matter very much, depending on your usage.

One thing I never tried to test is bigger / filesystems. Mine are all pretty crowded, which causes more fragmentation, which I expect slows down Int13 BIOS I/O to possibly significant extent.

I think I'll opt for a new build now as I'm tired of fighting with this pc as this booting issue is the tip of the iceberg. Hopefully ext4 will work fine with it.
Thanks for the info.

4.19 is pretty old, projected for support only through the end of next year. When I wrote the linked post, 4.10 was current. Current now is 6.1, so a switch to a distro with a newer kernel than 4.19 before too long should be a good move. I'm currently typing from a 5.14.