<div dir="ltr">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. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 10:34 PM DJPfulio--- via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 12/16/22 20:13, William Bagwell via Ale wrote:<br>
> One item on my shopping list you will likely not have on yours is a drive<br>
> bay usb hub. Possibly one with card readers built in. Case I'm reusing<br>
> has no front ports:-(<br>
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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.<br>
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Sounds awesome right?<br>
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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.<br>
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$ systemd-analyze<br>
Startup finished in 9.460s (kernel) + 43.023s (userspace) = 52.483s<br>
graphical.target reached after 13.202s in userspace<br>
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Before it was multiple minutes. The system has 1 SSD and a 500G HDD inside it. No other DAS.<br>
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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. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-MobileLite-Plus-microSDHC-Reader/dp/B085P5FDXQ" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-MobileLite-Plus-microSDHC-Reader/dp/B085P5FDXQ</a> Good stocking stuffer and fast (with quality microSD storage).<br>
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