Yes, yet the difference in time between P1 & P2 to reach the GRUB
menu, and the difference in speed with which it is drawn when it is
reached - P1 is almost instantaneous, while P2 painfully draws first
the border from the bottom up and then fills in the menu - is very,
very noticeable, and, as that is the moment when the HD is first
accessed, I felt sure that it must be the problem, but apparently not.
On 08/04/2023 23:53, David W. Hodgins wrote:
On Sat, 08 Apr 2023 18:14:23 -0400, Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid>
wrote:
Well now, the plot ever thickens ...
Booting from a W98 DOS Mode USB-stick, it gets to the config.sys menu in >>> just 9 secs, just the same as the others!
WTF is going on here???!!!
Different controllers. Perhaps there is a problem with the sata
controller or one of the devices connected to it (in terms of the
device being slow to initialize), or a barely working sata
cable/connector.
Start by re-seating all of the sata connectors.
I'd already removed the HD to try the P3 one, but nevertheless I took it
out again and examined the connectors, and there's nothing visibly wrong
with them. I can't examine the mobo connectors or the controller chip without a major dismantling of the laptop, and I'm too busy to do that ATM.
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