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   In uk.comp.os.linux Andy Burns  wrote:   
   > Java Jive wrote:   
   >   
   > >  Seagate Iron Wolf 8TB ST8000VN004   
   > > Can anyone suggest how to fix this slow spin-up problem?   
   > I see several complaints about that drive being slow to spin-up, the   
   > manual says 23s (typ) to 30s (max), so I suspect there's nothing you can   
   > do to the drives themselves.   
   >   
   > in your grub.cfg maybe experiment with boot_delay=xxx values in ms to   
   > delay all the kernel messages?   
      
   boot_delay appears to slow down kernel printouts, which is likely to be a   
   bit dependent on how many there are.  Instead I'd use rootdelay=30 to delay   
   the kernel start by 30 seconds, and then it'll boot at full speed.   
      
   (It'll be in the u-boot command line variable not grub.cfg, since this is a   
   non-x86 device)   
      
   In regular Linux you could write a udev/systemd rule to mount the drive(s)   
   when it/they became ready, whenever that might be.  This system is too old   
   for systemd though.   
      
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