I have "grub 1.97~beta3-1ubuntu5" installed and the same problem. It takes several minutes before the menu show up while there ist constant hard drive activity.
Grub is installed inside the MBR auf /dev/sda and my Kubuntu systems resides on /dev/sdc1. /dev/sdc1 (EXT4) <== Kubuntu root partition /dev/sdc2 (SWAP) /dev/sdc5 (NTFS) /dev/sdc6 (NTFS) /dev/sda1 (NTFS) <== MBR with grub /dev/sda5 (NTFS) /dev/sda6 (NTFS) /dev/sdb2 (NTFS) -- Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420933 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs