wubi on windows 7 boots slowly
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wubi |
Confirmed
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Windows 7 normally is installed on /dev/sda2; /dev/sda1 contains only the Windows boot loader
fdisk -l
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 13 12859 103186432 7 HPFS/NTFS
wubi installs wubildr to /dev/sda2, but GRUB looks for it in all ntfs partitions; this takes a lot of time (ca. 20 seconds); during this time, the message 'Try (hd0,0): NTFS5: No wubildr' is shown
booting is much faster, if wubildr is also copied to /dev/sda:
mkdir /media/part1
mount /dev/sda1 /media/part1
cp /host/wubildr* /media/part1
umount /media/part1
perhaps this could be done per default; it saved 20 second boot time for me
also, in /etc/default/grub the variable GRUB_TIMEOUT should be reduced to 0; the uses has a choice between Windows and Ubuntu already in the windows boot loader; it is not necessary to give this choice again in grub
| Agostino Russo (ago) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in wubi: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| bcbc (bcbc) wrote | #2 |
| bcbc (bcbc) wrote | #3 |
If there is any extra logic to find out the "right" partition into which install wubildr, without spamming the HD, I will be glad to add that in.