fast boot

[thufir]

I notice that 12.04 LTS boots quickly -- it's installed from DVD.  It's 
much faster than 13.04 server.  (I uninstalled 13.04 server.)

One thing I notice is that the network connections seem to happen *after* 
boot.  Is this correct?

see:

http://askubuntu.com/a/81863/45156


for complaints about networking during boot.  If I were to install 13.04 
(and not upgrade) how can I get that option so that it only starts the 
networking *after* booting?  Or, in general, what's 12.04 LTS doing in 
terms of boot and networking?



thanks,

Thufir