[Bug 1930884] Re: failure to boot impish daily (no boot in 65 mins)

[Chris Guiver]

New Lubuntu daily attempting to boot on 
- dell [optiplex] 780 (c2q-q9400, 8gb, amd/ati cedar radeon hd 5000/6000/7350/8350)
stop watch started at grub/lubuntu as I hit enter..

today's Lubuntu daily was written with mkusb/LIVE  (yesterdays was
mkusb/CLONE I believe)

75mins on the stopwatch and I'll FAIL this test at that mark...
cursor is still blinking top left corner, no change..

I don't believe it's a lubuntu issue.. ; switching to boot today's
ubuntu daily on box)

Ubuntu ISO was written to thumb-drive using GNOME-DISKS on my primary
impish box  (not yet tested)


** Changed in: syslinux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => New

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Title:
  failure to boot impish daily (no boot in 65 mins)

Status in syslinux package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Lubuntu impish daily; QA-test on

  - dell [optiplex] 780 (c2q-q9400, 8gb, amd/ati cedar radeon hd
  5000/6000/7350/8350)

  this is a slightly newer higher-end box than last few boots; one of
  which appeared to boot slowly but it's taking ages with just a
  blinking cursor... 10 mins & no progress, 12-18 mins approx & I've
  given up..

  ** expected result

  In 10-15 minutes I expect a LIVE ISO to boot  (esp. before 30 mins)

  ** actual result

  nothing but blinking cursor after grub appeared

  (I want to go to bed, so I didn't wait my usual 30-60 mins, so I could
  re-try and time it more accurately...)

  Boot earlier tonight appeared slower on
  - dell [optiplex] 755 (c2d-e6850, 5gb, amd/ati radeon rv516/x1300/x1550)
  which prompted me to test on this box, but boot appeared normal on
  - dell [optiplex] 755 (c2d-e8300, 8gb, amd/ati radeon rv610/radeon hd2400 pro/xt)
  - hp dc7700 (c2d-e6320, 5gb, nvidia quadro nvs 290)

  I've tested impish far less than prior releases, but a slow boot on
  this box is unexpected...

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  Additional notes:

  The system was booted again 2nd time on same box; it booted in ~6-14
  mins  (I was typing this and failed to stop the phone's stopwatch app
  that was timing boot, nor notice when boot actually completed)

  The system was booted again 3rd time on same box; it failed to
  complete boot in 36 mins when I gave up.

  The slow boot times on some boxes of hirsute/impish (1929029) make it
  harder to detect slower boots.. but this box was never tagged with
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/1922342.

  This box is used daily; so expectation is no issues.

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