You have been subscribed to a public bug: There is definitely a problem with disk I/O that are slower on ubuntu 8 compared with ubuntu 6
This forum thread explain everything in details and more... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=941421 I have confirmed many time myself with Description: Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS Release: 6.06 and Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1 Release: 8.04 ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Status: Incomplete -- Ubuntu 8 slow I/O high CPU load https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp