On Friday 04 Jun 2004 11:06 pm, Brian Meadows wrote: > > ... > > Thanks for the info, but I'm still not convinced. If this > > constant disk access really is normal for a Linux system, I'm > > going to buy shares in some hard drive manufacturers!
The Ext3 file system will cause disc activity every 5 seconds as it updates the journal. So there will always be activity, but you described 'thrashing' which is not to be expected unless you are short of memory. If this is the case using a lighter window manager than KDE could be beneficial. It is to be expected to have a lot of disc activity shortly after the system starts as it performs it daily maintenance jobs. These jobs include compressing and archiving log files, indexing manual pages, and running security checks. These jobs normally run at 4a.m. but if your computer is powered off overnight they run after power on (So long as the anacron package is installed) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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