Hi! > It also seems that in the 2.4 kernels, we can get into a sort of > oscillation mode, where we can have long periods of disk activity > where nothing can get done - the low points, where only 2-3 writes > per second can occur, so completely screw up the interactive > performance that you simply have to take your hands off the > keyboard and go get coffee until the disk writes complete. I know > we get better performance overall this way, but it can be > frustrating when this occurs in the middle of video capture. I see oscilation even in 2.2.X case.... Can you try running while true; do sync; sleep 1; done? It should help. If it helps, try playing with bdflush/kupdate or how is it called/ parameters. -- Philips Velo 1: 1"x4"x8", 300gram, 60, 12MB, 40bogomips, linux, mutt, details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/