Even pessimal handling by ureadahead wouldn't account for a 10 minute boot time. You appear to have an unrelated issue; please file a separate bug report.
[ 5.120214] ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[001106664555572b] [ 556.653356] PM: Starting manual resume from disk The gap in time in the logs happens right after initializing your firewire interface; you probably need to file a bug against the 'linux' package. -- performs poorly on slow HDD https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432089 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