This is quite normal, it takes a few minutes after the first boot to generate the lists - it's operating as a "very low priority" so shouldn't affect system performance.
If you don't let it finish, it will be slow every time you boot ;-) ** Changed in: sreadahead (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- sreadahead uses 100 % of the CPU in Karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/421116 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