On Tuesday 27 December 2005 11:53, Gonzalo HIGUERA DÍAZ wrote: > Given the three scenarios you give, specially the first and maybe > also the third, disk access is a likely candidate. Check with hdparm > whether the HDD-chipset is using the best transfer mode available > (some DMA mode, given the hardware).
Uh-ouch. Yeah, I really thought that I used DMA, but when you said it, I checked, and indeed it wasn't turned on in the kernel config. I needed a recompile anyway, and I was sure to enable it. My first impression is that this really did the trick! Thanks a lot! Cheers, Kjetil -- Kjetil Kjernsmo Programmer / Astrophysicist / Ski-orienteer / Orienteer / Mountaineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.kjetil.kjernsmo.net/ OpenPGP KeyID: 6A6A0BBC
