On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:03:17 -0700 Charles Curley <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have Ubuntu 9.10, as updated, running: > > -------------------------------------------------- > r...@dzur:~# uname -a > Linux dzur 2.6.31-16-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 8 04:01:29 UTC > 2009 i686 GNU/Linux r...@dzur:~# > -------------------------------------------------- > > When I run fairly disk intensive tasks, like copying tens of gigabytes > to this machine, it slows to a crawl. Disk I/O slows down by two > orders of magnitude. I got an RMA from Western Digital and they cross shipped the replacement disk. that has now been running for several weeks, and I have not seen the symptoms since pulling data off the old drive. Aaron will be happy to know that as I ended up re-installing Ubuntu 9.10 anyway, I decided to live dangerously and install 64 bit. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
