Thanks for that info Piero. I'm going to test that on my machine and see how much of a difference it makes.
It would be great if the options in /boot/grub/menu.lst could be detected to include this option. Since that page says older hardware can't handle warm reboots, it defaults to cold ones. That may make this a wish against grub then, to have whatever writes /boot/grub/menu.lst somehow detect if the hardware can handle a warm reboot. Either way, I'm marking this a confirmed wishlist. ** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist Status: Needs Info => Confirmed -- Slow reboot sequence https://launchpad.net/bugs/78693 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs