Kubuntu slow boot

[BigAl-sa]

Looking for some help. I've just done a new installation of Kubuntu 12.04.1 and have been getting horrifically long boot times (~3 mins on an i5 with 4MB RAM). I installed bootchart and found the kernel is forcing a full fsck on every boot. Anyone have any ideas as to how to stop it? The disk is brand new.

 

[MyWorld]

Can you post your /etc/fstab here?

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-bypassing-fsck/

 

[stricken]

get rid of the GUI on boot (press ESC) and see where the script stalls... can be disk or network problem... once found a slow boot due to a netbios daemon waiting over minute for broadcasts.

 

[ponder]

The disk is brand new.

That means nothing, new HDD can be faulty out of the box. Have a look at it's SMART status for starters.

 

[w1z4rd]

(~3 mins on an i5 with 4MB RAM).

That would be a problem if it was not a typo

Drop the HDD for a SDD

I would drop the gui loader so I can see exactly which process is taking forever to get through.

 

[BigAl-sa]

That would be a problem if it was not a typo

Thanks for reminding me of ESC - it also stops the fsck!

4s boot!

 

[MyWorld]

Thanks for reminding me of ESC - it also stops the fsck!

4s boot!

Well that only sidesteps the problem. You should really find out why a fsck is run every boot.

 

[BigAl-sa]

That means nothing, new HDD can be faulty out of the box. Have a look at it's SMART status for starters.

When the hard disk I originally put in the machine started failing, the SMART warning came up automatically (the reason for the new drive).

Well that only sidesteps the problem. You should really find out why a fsck is run every boot.

I've had various problems with new installs of 12.04.1 and am assuming this is just another. I just wish I'd kept the 12.04 ISO

 

[MyWorld]

ftp://ftp.up.ac.za/mirrors/ubuntu/ubuntu-cdimage/kubuntu/releases/12.04/release/

 

[elriconess]

Kubuntu 12.10 boots very slow on my Win8 machine, never had that with Ubuntu 12.10.