Indeed it's not just Toshiba and Intel. I've got Intrepid 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic running on a ASUS P5B Deluxe and I get an 8 second delay
[ 1.252994] io scheduler cfq registered (default) [ 9.252214] pci 0000:00:1a.7: EHCI: BIOS handoff failed (BIOS bug?) 01010001 -- slow boot on intel DG45ID https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275351 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