2009/6/22 Neil Greenwood <neil.greenwood....@gmail.com>: > 2009/6/22 Lucy <lucybrid...@gmail.com>: >> Okay. It all looks fine so far (I don't know how long the machine was >> running for though?). However, I did notice that it tried to resume >> from disk, but this failed so it started normally. I imagine this >> would slow things down when booting. Did you do a normal shutdown or a >> suspend? I know nothing about suspend and resume so maybe someone else >> will be able to advise on this. >> >> Otherwise, it might be worth checking out smart-notifier to check out >> the hard drive fully. >> > > IIRC if the machine can suspend/resume to disk, you always get a > message saying that it "failed to resume from disk, starting normally" > (or words to that effect). It does a quick check for a resume image > signature in the swap partition just before booting normally - this > check is very quick, and won't be causing Paul's problems.
Ah, thanks! Sounds like it could be the hard drive. Paul, try installing smart-notifier and running some tests. If you get stuck then I'm sure someone on this list has used it and will be able to advise. FWIW, smart-notifier is a GUI to smartmontools, which usually runs in the background and checks your hard drive for any issues that may indicate failure (like a large number of bad blocks or a sudden increase in response time). -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
