Unusual long boot cycle on my MacBook Pro 13' Mac OS 10.6.8

Unusual long boot cycle on my MacBook Pro 13' Mac OS 10.6.8
No new hard or software has been installed.
Is there a way to fix this?

Can you enter the following command in Terminal and post the result here?
Command is "ls -al" (it's the "L" letter in "ls" and "-al"), then press Enter.
Additionally, you can enter the following commands in Terminal (press Enter after each one):
sudo chown root:admin /
sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel
sudo kextcache -system-caches
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