I had this strange behaviour too. On a MB (GA/nforce560) I used a Seagate 7200.11 (SATA) and a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.10. I noticed a HDD activity every 4-5 sec, which was very annoying. Because of the Firmware bug of the Harddisc I decided to replace the HDD with another one. I took a Seagate 7200.10 (IDE) and never noticed this problem again. -> so the problem seems to be caused by something SATA-related (?)
But it became more crazy: After flashing the firmware of the 7200.11 I put it into another PC (GA/nforce3-150) and also did a fresh install of 8.10. The problem did not occur on that system! So in my thinking the cause of this problem is: - either the firmware of the hdd (cache flush?) - the driver or some driver related software of the nforce560 sata controller I hope this can help you locating this effect. -- hard disk being accessed every 4 sec. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/17878 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
