Re: Stop Hard Drive fromn Thrashing

2016-04-24 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2016-04-22 at 11:25 -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I have installed Debian v-8.4.0. > > My hard drive keeps running and I would like to know what is > happening.   > Google does not seem to be too friendly. > > Any pointers in the right direction will be much appreciated. > > Thanks

Re: Stop Hard Drive fromn Thrashing

2016-04-24 Thread Udyant Wig
On 04/24/2016 05:36 PM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > Not using swap or browser. > Try iotop. -- Udyant Wig Software projects: https://bitbucket.org/udyant Poetry: http://www.writing.com/main/portfolio/view/frosthrone

Re: Stop Hard Drive fromn Thrashing

2016-04-24 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 04/22/2016 01:17 PM, David Wright wrote: On Fri 22 Apr 2016 at 11:25:15 (-0400), Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have installed Debian v-8.4.0. My hard drive keeps running and I would like to know what is happening. Google does not seem to be too friendly. Not a lot to go on there. (Turn off

Re: Stop Hard Drive fromn Thrashing

2016-04-22 Thread Michael Jones
On 22/04/16 16:25, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > My hard drive keeps running and I would like to know what is happening. > Google does not seem to be too friendly. > > Any pointers in the right direction will be much appreciated. sudo apt-get install iotop sudo iotop -o (will show applications

Re: Stop Hard Drive fromn Thrashing

2016-04-22 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 11:25:15AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I have installed Debian v-8.4.0. > > My hard drive keeps running and I would like to know what is > happening. Google does not seem to be too friendly. > > Any pointers in the

Re: Stop Hard Drive fromn Thrashing

2016-04-22 Thread David Wright
On Fri 22 Apr 2016 at 11:25:15 (-0400), Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I have installed Debian v-8.4.0. > > My hard drive keeps running and I would like to know what is > happening. Google does not seem to be too friendly. Not a lot to go on there. (Turn off the computer, says the cynic.) What

Re: Stop Hard Drive fromn Thrashing

2016-04-22 Thread Kent West
On 04/22/2016 10:25 AM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have installed Debian v-8.4.0. My hard drive keeps running and I would like to know what is happening. Google does not seem to be too friendly. Any pointers in the right direction will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Try

Stop Hard Drive fromn Thrashing

2016-04-22 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I have installed Debian v-8.4.0. My hard drive keeps running and I would like to know what is happening. Google does not seem to be too friendly. Any pointers in the right direction will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.