Same problem here. and I used 'iotop -oPa' as diagnose tool. Machine 1: Xubuntu 11.04 64-bit, reiserfs, jfs and xfs
Machine 2: Ubuntu 11.04 32-bit, ext4fs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/607560 Title: jbd2 writing block every 5 - 10 seconds, preventing disk spin-down and making noise -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs