<p>To inspect your boot process, use <a href="http://www.bootchart.org/" rel="nofollow"><code>bootchart</code></a>. It records your boot process and creates a neat graphic, e.g. sth. like this:</p> <p><img src="http://nikonizer.yfrog.com/Himg24/scaled.php?tn=0&amp;server=24&amp;filename=tapandesktoplucid201005.png&amp;xsize=640&amp;ysize=640" alt="Bootchart of the question poster"><br> <a href="http://img24.yfrog.com/img24/7814/tapandesktoplucid201005.png" rel="nofollow">Larger</a></p> <p>It works as a daemon and creates a bootchart every time you start your computer. You can optimize your boot process if you parallelize the processes.</p> <p><strong>Edit</strong>:<br> I inserted Tapan's bootchart. It's very freaky, imho.</p>