Checking media [Fail] on boot

12.10 boot dell ssd xps

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I had the same problem on XPS 15 L521x; it kept saying "Checking media..." I went into BIOS (UEFI) and set AUTO boot priority. IP4, IP6 and the HDD. It was set to "LAST", which was the HDD, but for some reason it did not work.

So, AUTO solved the probem.

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lsnake

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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lsnake over 1 year

Lately I've been getting this black screen at boot time with 2 lines saying

Checking media [Fail]

And the time of booting has extended greatly due to that thing (like from seconds to a minute)

I have a Dell XPS15 with SSD and I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 and it was not like this before. I don't have a clue what is it connected with - maybe it's due to a kernel update or something. And what do those 2 lines mean.
lsnake about 11 years

Thanks for the feedback. There is still no solution how to fix it though :/