* Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-11 21:34:53 -0400]:
> I would start simpler than that. Make sure that DMA is enabled on your
> hard drive(s).
>
It is:
# hdparm /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount= 0 (off)
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq= 0 (off)
using_dma
Dave Patterson wrote:
> * Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-11 18:01:24 -0400]:
>
>
>
>>Top is quite reliable. The load average represents how many processes
>>are ready to run. If everything is trying to access the disk, your CPU
>>utilization will be low (at least less than 10
* Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-11 18:01:24 -0400]:
> Top is quite reliable. The load average represents how many processes
> are ready to run. If everything is trying to access the disk, your CPU
> utilization will be low (at least less than 100%) and yet you will have
> a h
pol wrote:
> Sometimes my laptop appear to be heavily loaded, ('top' reports an average
> around 25; moreover i can hear the fan running, sendmail is 'rejecting
> connections') although the cpu activity is well below 100 % (according
> to 'top') and no swapping on disk is occurring (as i can infer
Sometimes my laptop appear to be heavily loaded, ('top' reports an average
around 25; moreover i can hear the fan running, sendmail is 'rejecting
connections') although the cpu activity is well below 100 % (according
to 'top') and no swapping on disk is occurring (as i can infer from the
hard disk
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