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Speed Up your Boot!
We all want the same things from our Eeepc's- a fast fast boot!
Here are some steps you can follow to achieve just that.
GRUB timeout
When you computer boots imsure you've seen the "GRUB loading 3...2....1.." seconds message. We can shorten that to 1 second!
On your desktop hitALT + F2 and type
gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst'
Find the line which says timeout 3 and just change it to timeout 1. Now save.
Read Ahead Optimization
This Simply remembers which processes run when on your boot and optimises it to shave afew seconds :)
When you see the "GRUB loading" Just quickly hit Esc
Ensure the Kernel your using is highlighted and then just hit the E key.
Keep going down till your on the kernel line and hit E again. You'll be presented with a nice long but of text; just simply type the word Profile at the end and hit enter.
NOTE:
this will actually SLOW DOWN the first boot you do after this.... this is due to it learning what is running. As subsequent boot should be faster :)
Also if you update the kernel through an update you will need to the apply this fix.