Ubuntu 11.04 is booting slowly

Please open a terminal: ctrl+alt+t
Enter:
gedit /var/log/dmesg

Highlight the complete content, copy and then paste it there: http://paste.ubuntu.com/
Post the link here.

Next in terminal please enter one after one and press enter:
sudo lshw -C video
df -h
dpkg -l linux-image* | grep ii

Please post the outputs here too. Thanks.

The link for the outputs of the commands is: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1119429/plain/
Thanks again for the kind help.

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> Subject: Re: [Question #204548]: Ubuntu 11.04 is booting slowly
> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:16:08 +0000
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> Your question #204548 on ubiquity in Ubuntu changed:
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> Sam_ requested more information:
> Please open a terminal: ctrl+alt+t
> Enter:
> gedit /var/log/dmesg
>
> Highlight the complete content, copy and then paste it there: http://paste.ubuntu.com/
> Post the link here.
>
> Next in terminal please enter one after one and press enter:
> sudo lshw -C video
> df -h
> dpkg -l linux-image* | grep ii
>
>
> Please post the outputs here too. Thanks.
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I suggest you upgrade soon. Natty is EOL in October.

However my intel graphics hardware is not supported for the upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10. I cannot upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 to avoid potential problems.

Sam, thanks for looking into my query/problem. Kindly let me know how to make a separate /home partition. I've backed up my data files on Ubuntu One. I'm trying to understand what the lightweight fresh installation and minimal installation entails. Thank you very much for your most kind help.

> how to make a separate /home partition

There is no magic, it's created like the partition for the root filesystem, it just has a different name (mountpoint) and the size is bigger.
Select 'something else' for partitioning.
http://pix.toile-libre.org/upload/original/1312973605.png

Make the rootfs which is ext4 and mountpoint is /, it can be selected from dropdown list.
Make a personal directory, ext4 and mountpoint is /home, select it from dropdown.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DiskSpace

The link http://pix.toile-libre.org/upload/original/1312973605.png opens a web page which does not respond to any requests for partitioning. Please advise further, if possible. Thanks very much for youe time and kind help.

Edmond, the link was meant to underline 'something else' with an image to make it more clear, nothing else.
The source of the image is the installation guide for Ubuntu. Not sure if Lubuntu or Xubuntu look the same.
Maybe look at their web sites if they have something similar.
Anyway a bit of careful reading during installation steps shouldn't be too much expectation, actually their pretty much selfexplanatory.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall

Sam, Thank you very much for you kind help with clarifying the previous instructions. I'll continue following the lastest instructions that you have sent. Thanks again.

Having disabled the Primary Slave drive in BIOS put the problem right. Many thanks for the copious input to help with my problem. Thank you so much.

Thanks Sam_, that solved my question.