urgh! problems returned. my last boot wasn't slow but i still get sporadic slow-downs with small "click" sounds and error messages. the new PATA driver doesn't appear to be quite stable for my ATA controller (ICH6 r3). attaching new dmesg log.
this one ought to get at least high priority now. ** Attachment added: "dmesg-2.6.20-13-generic.log" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7128635/dmesg-2.6.20-13-generic.log -- Extremely Slow boot up PATA disk detected as sda https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94981 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs