>> Man, it takes longer than that to just get through the BIOS before it
>> gets anywhere near an OS!
>
> True in many cases, I agree. But BIOS settings can have big influence on
> this too. For example: I don't have a floppy disk drive connected at
> all. But if I disable it from BIOS, loading the kernel takes 2 secs more
> than if I had it enabled. So grub is someway confused. Maybe a BIOS or
> Grub bug.

Yeh, this is why I stand-by rather than shut-down, it means when I come back 
I don't have to go through the BIOS.

As a side note, on my BIOS I have to insert my USB security key and enter a 
password, but even without that it still takes longer than it does to resume 
from standby.

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