Button-to-Grub times

[Karl Larsen]

On 03/31/2010 07:05 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> With Ubuntu 10.04's speedy bootup, it looks like the real bottleneck
> is now the time that the machine takes to get to the Grub screen and
> the Grub timeout itself. I would like to compile a list of machine's
> BTG (Button-to-Grub) times, the time (in seconds) that it takes to get
> to the Grub screen from the initial Power Button press. Next time you
> boot, please time this and reply with your machine's details
> (Desktops: motherboard, BIOS version and revision, hard drive(s);
> Notebooks: model and BIOS revision) and BTG time. Thanks!
>
>    
     1ST Mainboard VA-503+ bias ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5LEF09) HARD DRIVE 
Western Digital 160 GB early SATA design using normal IDE power plug but 
the new serial data cable.

     The time from start to grub display is 32 seconds on this computer.

73 Karl