Re: [Libreboot] GRUB hangs for about 3 minutes [SOLVED]

[Daniel Tarrero]

Hey! nice to read that!! :)
then it's time to scratch in the second-hand market for a replacement :)
There are also good USB-DVD drives. For example, i use some of these:
http://www.dx.com/es/p/genuine-toshiba-usb-2-0-dvd-rw-external-optical-drive-51959#.Vm6VqK_hBE4

Regards, Dani

El jue, 10-12-2015 a las 19:06 +0100, taringamberini escribió:
> On 10/12/2015 14:08, Daniel Tarrero wrote:
> > Well, i'm far from being completelly sure, but worth a try to remove t
> he
> > DVD and see if that solves this errors:
> > 
> > https://support.lenovo.com/es/es/videos/migr-72537
> > 
> I didn't know that removing a DVD was so simple.
> 
> I tried and the:
> 
>     error: AHCI transfer time out.
> 
> has disappeared!!!
> 
> All credits to Daniel Tarrero :-D many thanks Daniel!
> 
> 
> 
> Moreover, with Debian 8.2.0 installed, and before removing the DVD the
> behaviour was:
> >
> >     grub> cryptomount -a
> >     Attempting to decrypt master key....
> >     Enter passphrase for ahci,msdos1 (d309etc...etc...etc...):
> >
> > but GRUB hung for about 3 minutes and then it printed:
> >
> >     Slot 0 opened
> >     error: AHCI transfer time out.
> >
> > I have investigated running:
> >
> >     grub> ls -la
> >
> > GRUB hung for about 3 minutes and then it printed:
> >
> >     Device memdisk: ...
> >     Device lvm/grubcrypt-swap: No known filesystem detected - ...
> >     Device lvm/grubcrypt-debian: Filesystem type ext* - ... UUID
> >       1cbd60e7-4b00-41cd-8220-944369022911 ...
> >     Device crypto0: No known filesystem detected - ...
> >     ...
> >     Device ahci0: No known filesystem detected - ...
> >       Partition ahci0,msdos1: No known filesystem detected - ...
> >     ...
> 
> but after removing DVD the behaviour was:
> 
>     grub> cryptomount -a
>     Attempting to decrypt master key....
>     Enter passphrase for ahci,msdos1 (d309etc...etc...etc...):
> 
> GRUB works for about 10 seconds then it prints:
> 
>     Slot 0 opened
> 
> whit no more:
> 
>     error: AHCI transfer time out.
> 
> Such error has disappeared!!!
> 
> 
> 
> The hang has disappeared after other commands too, running:
> 
>     grub> ls -la
> 
> GRUB instantaneously prints:
> 
>     Device memdisk: ...
>     Device lvm/grubcrypt-swap: No known filesystem detected - ...
>     Device lvm/grubcrypt-debian: Filesystem type ext* - ... UUID
>       1cbd60e7-4b00-41cd-8220-944369022911 ...
>     Device crypto0: No known filesystem detected - ...
>     ...
>     Device ahci0: No known filesystem detected - ...
>       Partition ahci0,msdos1: No known filesystem detected - ...
>     ...
> 
> 
> 
> RECAP
> 
> 1. I have bought a Libreboot T400 with a HDD and a CD/DVD RW drive from
> http://minifree.org/product/libreboot-t400/ It works perfectly with the
> pre-installed Trisquel.
> 
> 2. I have installed Debian with full disk encryption following Libreboot
> documentation but I experimented some "error: AHCI transfer time out."
> which last about 3 minutes. My "boot" process was:
> 
>   a. type LUKS passphrase at GRUB
>   b. system hangs for about 3 minutes
>   c. type (again) LUKS passphrase during debian boot
>   d. type user passphrase at user login
> 
> 3. I have removed the CD/DVD RW drive
> (https://support.lenovo.com/es/es/videos/migr-72537) and the "error:
> AHCI transfer time out." has disappeared. Now My "boot" process was:
> 
>   a. type LUKS passphrase at GRUB
>   c. type (again) LUKS passphrase during debian boot
>   d. type user passphrase at user login
> 
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Tarin
> 
>