On Sat 22 Oct 2011 at 13:38:09 +0100, Brian wrote: > Works here with the same kernel (and 3.0.0-2-686-pae) and 10 for > boot_delay. I hadn't the patience to wait over 15 minutes so didn't try > 1000. :) When I said 'works' I should have been clearer and said 'the kernel booted' (600 gives a waiting time of 5 minutes). There was no perceptible slowdown in displaying lines of test on the screen.