Slow upstart boot in 9.10

[Rashkae]

Bill Moseley wrote:

> 
> Here's the one I just ran.
> 
> http://hank.org/tiger-karmic-20100211-3.png<http://hank.org/tiger-karmic-20100211-1.png>
> 

wow, that bootchart makes the problem pretty clear.  The ureadahead 
process is what gummed up the boot process for over 20 additional 
seconds on that second chart.

I did some preliminary googling on ureadahead problems.... I don't know 
if this has anything to do with your particular setup, but one common 
source of grief is filesystems in the /etc/fstab that can not be 
mounted.  (the example I saw here was a windows filesytem that was 
hibernated or otherwise not cleanly shut down.)

It might also be a good idea to check the SMART data of your hard drive 
for any errors, (use the Disk Utility in Ubuntu Desktop) and maybe to 
run sudo badblocks -v /dev/sda to be sure some of your problems aren't 
caused by an ailing hard drive.