Why not build with CONFIG_EDD=m, and set the default Linux command line to 'edd=skipmbr'?
That way we don't have the takes-forever disk checks of bug 8899, but we will still be able to get the geometry information correctly for GRUB et. al.? And if someone *really* needs the MBR checks, they can append edd=on? -- grub guessed BIOS disk order incorrectly https://launchpad.net/bugs/8497 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
