Slow disk I/O - was Re: Seeking Help

[Rashkae]

> Pastebin: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/1561660/

I'm sorry, I don't know if I'm able to help with this problem exactly. 
But I was wondering if you could share just exactly how you are 
connected to the internet?  Is the connection DSL (in a phone line) or 
Cable, or something else more exotic? (Wireless? probably not satelite.)

Are you sending these e-mails from a different computer (not the slow 
one we are discussing?)  Do you have some model of router?

The reason I'm asking is because either  your networking at home is 
arranged in some way I don't grasp yet or understand, or something is 
very very wrong with your networking.  Coincidentally, the point where 
your computer tries to Start the network seems to be where your boot 
process goes off the rails, or at least, where all of a sudden, things 
take a long time.