@qole: Yeah, 20 minutes is definitely too long. It should bring up usb networking early in the boot process. Is there any chance you could try hooking it up to a desktop and trying to login and get some more info (such as boot messages, etc)?

I plan to do a new release in the next week or so. I still haven't got sound working, but I do have a couple changes in mind. My goals for the next release go something like this:
-boot messages should actually display during bootup!
-Include support for rotation if you have a rotation enabled kernel.
-switch to xfce for the desktop for now.

Comments and suggestions are welcome!

-John