boot seems slow:105sec, cf. XP's 30sec.s

Perhaps you got unlucky and linux decided to run e2fsck on your SSD during that bootup. It should only happen once every 30 or so starts, or possibly after an unclean shutdown. If its persistently 105+ seconds, install the 'bootchart' package. It'll produce a greaph in /var/log/bootchart after each startup documenting what it was doing.

You'll also need to regenerate the kernel's initrd before bootchart will do anything.

However, you didn't say what kernel you're actually running. Assuming its "2.6.27-8-eeepc", the command to regenerate the initrd is: "sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.27-8-eeepc"

(Replace the last half of the linux-image-* package name with the kernel you're booting into.)

I seem to have the same problem. after upgrading to intrepid from hardy, my Eee PC 900 takes over 3 minutes to boot.. I will post boot charts from the 2.6.27-8-eeepc kernel, and the 2.6.27.8-eeepc-lean kernel. Note that the lean kernel makes a negligible difference. I am not certain if this is an issue of the kernel or the upgrade process.

The issue appears to be my SD card. Removing it brings the boot time down to 35 seconds. This bug my be invalid.

My problem is directly in line with this "bug": https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-eeepc-kernel/+bug/301932. After I changed OS Installation to Finished, My SD Card works and my Eee boots quickly.