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My firmware takes a very long time to boot. Running systemd-analyze gives

Startup finished in 25.778s (firmware) + 4.166s (loader) + 3.412s (kernel) + 1.223s (userspace) = 34.581s

Is there any way I can reduce this?

My specs are i7 6700HQ, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD and Nvidia GTX 960M.

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  • Related: http://askubuntu.com/questions/790902/ubuntu-16-04-takes-excessive-boot-time – Elder Geek Jan 09 '17 at 13:45
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    The firmware is your mainboard's BIOS/UEFI system, not Ubuntu. It runs before Ubuntu or its GRUB boot loader even get started, so Ubuntu can not be responsible or affect that time. Check your BIOS/UEFI settings, maybe there's a "Skip POST" or "Fast Boot" option or it waits to discover some disks or USB devices. – Byte Commander Jan 09 '17 at 13:45
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    How is that related? userspace/kernel boot time is not the issue here. – user640194 Jan 09 '17 at 13:46
  • @ByteCommander I have enabled fast boot and it isn't waiting to discover any disks or devices. The laptop came pre-installed with Win10 and it booted in 10 seconds max, but ever since I installed Ubuntu the boot time has been noticeably slow. – user640194 Jan 09 '17 at 13:49
  • Possibly it doesn't like the way Ubuntu's boot loader EFI file is configured/registered/whatever. I don't know much about that or how to fix it though, if it should be the case. – Byte Commander Jan 09 '17 at 13:51

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By disabling Legacy USB 3.0. in BIOS I reduced the firmware boot time from 25.778s to 8.214s; does anyone know why this would be?

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