Extremely long boot time

[die.boer]

also this please

journalctl -b -o short-monotonic --no-pager | awk '$1+0 >= 20 && $1+0 <= 110'

That pulls every journal line with a monotonic timestamp between 20s and 110s, across all units — which should make disk contention (or lack of it) visible directly, rather than inferring it from ordering.
Also worth checking

sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda

[Snowhog]

journalctl -b -o short-monotonic --no-pager | awk '$1+0 >= 20 && $1+0 <= 110'
No output. Immediate return to prompt.


sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda
[sudo: authenticate] Password:
smartctl 7.5 2025-04-30 r5714 [x86_64-linux-7.0.0-30-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-25, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B
Device Model: Hitachi HTS545050B9A300
Serial Number: 110314PBG4081727SSHV
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000cca 5f6dfb6ca
Firmware Version: PB4OCA1G
User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
Device is: In smartctl database 7.5/5706
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 6
SATA Version is: SATA 2.6, 3.0 Gb/s
Local Time is: Mon Aug 24 15:56:18 2026 CDT
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00)Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0)The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 645) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003)Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01)Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 158) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x003d)SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 100 091 062 Pre-fail Always - 0
2 Throughput_Performance 0x0025 100 100 040 Pre-fail Offline - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0023 139 100 033 Pre-fail Always - 2
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 096 096 000 Old_age Always - 6736
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 005 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002f 100 100 067 Pre-fail Always - 0
8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0025 100 100 040 Pre-fail Offline - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 054 054 000 Old_age Always - 20430
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0033 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 4553
183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
184 End-to-End_Error 0x0033 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0
187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 57032871379120
188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 096 013 000 Old_age Always - 7528
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 075 052 045 Old_age Always - 25 (Min/Max 25/25)
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 23
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 13304011
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 077 077 000 Old_age Always - 230236
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0036 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
223 Load_Retry_Count 0x002a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 1836 -
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 85 -
# 3 Extended offline Aborted by host 90% 85 -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

The above only provides legacy SMART information - try 'smartctl -x' for more