(08-03-2022, 11:40 AM)TheOldPresbyope Wrote: There are three mysterious time gaps in your log which total about 3-1/2 minutes. I compare this to an Pi4B on my desk running moOde 8.1.2 which just now took about 20 seconds to complete the file check and no time (in recorded seconds) to complete the other two steps. This makes me wonder if your system memory card (uSD? USB?) is up to snuff.

Code:

20220802 031041 worker: Successfully daemonized
20220802 031242 worker: File check (OK)
...
20220802 031246 worker: -- Audio config
20220802 031246 worker: --
20220802 031341 worker: MPD conf updated
...
20220802 031438 worker: Watchdog started
20220802 031503 worker: Read

Regards,
Kent

PS - have to add the usual caveat that the Pi's power supply and power cable have to be of good quality or all sorts of odd behavior can occur.

PPS - I have a 32GB uSD card on my PI4B. I suppose if one had a vastly bigger card, 256GB say, stuffed full of music tracks it might take two minutes to complete the file-system check even if the card were up to snuff but that wouldn't account for the large variability in boot times you reported (up to 10 minutes and waiting). --- I don't recommend putting moOde on a large memory card for various reasons. This possible time delay is one I hadn't thought of.

(08-03-2022, 11:10 PM)TheOldPresbyope Wrote: Not an endorsement but I've been using SanDisk Ultra and Ultra Plus cards for years and abused them senselessly---writing and rewriting, killing power without shutting down first, etc. I may have had one memory card fail out of dozens but I'm not sure but that may have been a store-branded card instead.

Regards,
Kent

(08-04-2022, 06:54 AM)sand87ch Wrote:

(08-03-2022, 11:10 PM)TheOldPresbyope Wrote: Not an endorsement but I've been using SanDisk Ultra and Ultra Plus cards for years and abused them senselessly---writing and rewriting, killing power without shutting down first, etc. I may have had one memory card fail out of dozens but I'm not sure but that may have been a store-branded card instead.

Regards,
Kent

Ok.With my allo boss i used to power off without shutting down.That could have been the issue.However the reason i do so nowadays is because if i shut down..then in the next power cycle it doesnt satrt up automatically unless i click and hold the hardware button on the ALLO.It sometimes feels like a hit or miss as sometimes it starts late etc etc.So i went back to power off/on without shutting down.Though before shut down i do disconnect airplay or any streaming to it.Btw in india due to quick power failures etc anyways it switches off without a graceful shutdown.

Mine is the san disk class 10 32GB card.Over the years i have seen both sandisk ultra and samsung evo going bad.I will try WD or HP this time and go for a 16GB/32GB.

(08-04-2022, 11:14 AM)Tim Curtis Wrote:

(08-04-2022, 06:54 AM)sand87ch Wrote:

(08-03-2022, 11:10 PM)TheOldPresbyope Wrote: Not an endorsement but I've been using SanDisk Ultra and Ultra Plus cards for years and abused them senselessly---writing and rewriting, killing power without shutting down first, etc. I may have had one memory card fail out of dozens but I'm not sure but that may have been a store-branded card instead.

Regards,
Kent

Ok.With my allo boss i used to power off without shutting down.That could have been the issue.However the reason i do so nowadays is because if i shut down..then in the next power cycle it doesnt satrt up automatically unless i click and hold the hardware button on the ALLO.It sometimes feels like a hit or miss as sometimes it starts late etc etc.So i went back to power off/on without shutting down.Though before shut down i do disconnect airplay or any streaming to it.Btw in india due to quick power failures etc anyways it switches off without a graceful shutdown.

Mine is the san disk class 10 32GB card.Over the years i have seen both sandisk ultra and samsung evo going bad.I will try WD or HP this time and go for a 16GB/32GB.

Pulling the plug typically doesn't cause any issues. Ive done it many times and we also have the occasional power outage and all the electronics seem to be ok. 

Similar to @TheOldPresbyope' I've also used SanDisk Ultra 10's for many years and have only had a couple failures. 

After you re-flash try booting the system up with only an Ethernet connection to give you a baseline for boot time. If it's still really long then try the card on a bare Pi connected via Ethernet to eliminate any issues with the Boss 2 hardware.

(08-07-2022, 06:20 PM)sand87ch Wrote:

(08-04-2022, 11:14 AM)Tim Curtis Wrote:

(08-04-2022, 06:54 AM)sand87ch Wrote:

(08-03-2022, 11:10 PM)TheOldPresbyope Wrote: Not an endorsement but I've been using SanDisk Ultra and Ultra Plus cards for years and abused them senselessly---writing and rewriting, killing power without shutting down first, etc. I may have had one memory card fail out of dozens but I'm not sure but that may have been a store-branded card instead.

Regards,
Kent

Ok.With my allo boss i used to power off without shutting down.That could have been the issue.However the reason i do so nowadays is because if i shut down..then in the next power cycle it doesnt satrt up automatically unless i click and hold the hardware button on the ALLO.It sometimes feels like a hit or miss as sometimes it starts late etc etc.So i went back to power off/on without shutting down.Though before shut down i do disconnect airplay or any streaming to it.Btw in india due to quick power failures etc anyways it switches off without a graceful shutdown.

Mine is the san disk class 10 32GB card.Over the years i have seen both sandisk ultra and samsung evo going bad.I will try WD or HP this time and go for a 16GB/32GB.

Pulling the plug typically doesn't cause any issues. Ive done it many times and we also have the occasional power outage and all the electronics seem to be ok. 

Similar to @TheOldPresbyope' I've also used SanDisk Ultra 10's for many years and have only had a couple failures. 

After you re-flash try booting the system up with only an Ethernet connection to give you a baseline for boot time. If it's still really long then try the card on a bare Pi connected via Ethernet to eliminate any issues with the Boss 2 hardware.

Got the WD purple 32GB delivered and i flashed moode 8.1.2.will try and also paste the logs here