Syslinux - Aug 2005 - very slow boot from USB Pen-Drive

Hi there,

I try to boot from an USB Pen-Drive. This works fine on my Laptop, but when
I try to change to the target machine it almost takes five minutes until the
initrd (fairly big, 18MB) has been loaded.

Any hints on how I could try to increase speed?

The Bios has already been updatet to the most recent Version.

Sven

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I've seen this happen on a number of machines, and it seems to just be 
an issue with the BIOS on those particular machines.  There doesn't seem 
to be much that can be done about it.  It works great on a lot of machines.

Joel

Sven Geggus wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I try to boot from an USB Pen-Drive. This works fine on my Laptop, but when
> I try to change to the target machine it almost takes five minutes until
the
> initrd (fairly big, 18MB) has been loaded.
> 
> Any hints on how I could try to increase speed?
> 
> The Bios has already been updatet to the most recent Version.
> 
> Sven
>