I still see this problem with grub 1.99-12. It takes about 2 minutes from the "Welcome to GRUB!" message to the boot menu.
I added a "set debug=all" command at the beginning of /boot/grub/grub.cfg. The debug messages appear only after the 2 minute wait, so it seems that the problem occurs sometime before grub even reads its configuration. This system only has a single SSD, SATA harddisk. Best, -Nikolaus -- »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org