So the problems seems to have been an irqpoll command line option added to grub. I'm pretty sure I never did this myself and I think it was added during a hardy upgrade.
** Changed in: ubuntu Sourcepackagename: e2fsprogs => None -- very slow e2fsck in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197933 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
