[ale] Back to new the desktop question

[Scott Plante]

Maybe this is a silly question, but did you try setting the BIOS to just
boot from the HD, and only change it back when you *need* to boot from USB?
I'm wondering if that would reduce the long boot time since it
theoretically wouldn't need to search all the USB devices at that time.

On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 10:34 PM DJPfulio--- via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> On 12/16/22 20:13, William Bagwell via Ale wrote:
> > One item on my shopping list you will likely not have on yours is a drive
> > bay usb hub. Possibly one with card readers built in. Case I'm reusing
> > has no front ports:-(
>
> I added one of these to my first Ryzen.  Bunch of USB2 ports, 35-in-1 SD
> card reader, 2 USB3 ports, 3.5mm audio jacks, and an eSATA connection.
>
> Sounds awesome right?
>
> Well, because of all the USB2 stuff, when they are connected, booting
> takes almost 5 minutes as each port/slot is checked for media/storage to be
> booted. In the end, I left the USB3 ports, audio, and eSATA connected so
> booting would take so long.
>
> $ systemd-analyze
> Startup finished in 9.460s (kernel) + 43.023s (userspace) = 52.483s
> graphical.target reached after 13.202s in userspace
>
> Before it was multiple minutes.  The system has 1 SSD and a 500G HDD
> inside it. No other DAS.
>
> Since I use microSD storage exclusively for phones, cameras, and cheap USB
> storage since around 2015, I have a few microSD-to-USB3+ adapters.  Much
> easier than screwing around with long boot times.  Kingston makes a $10 USB
> 3.2 microSD adapter that I can recommend highly.
> https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-MobileLite-Plus-microSDHC-Reader/dp/B085P5FDXQ
> Good stocking stuffer and fast (with quality microSD storage).
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