Public bug reported: I just removed 6 older kernels with apt-get purge. It took 20 minutes because for each removed kernel, a new grub config is written, for which
grub-mount /dev/sdb4 /var/lib/os-prober/mount is called. Compared to my other partitions, which contain Linuxes and Windowses, /dev/sdb4 is just a plain NTFS partition - yet grub-mount spends > one full minute of 100% CPU time on that. What is it doing on that partition? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: grub2 2.00-13ubuntu3 Uname: Linux 3.8.13-030813-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat May 25 12:29:04 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-21 (368 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: grub2 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-27 (27 days ago) ** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug raring -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1184067 Title: grub-mount burns through CPU without reason To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1184067/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs