>> to find how often the head get unloaded, I have completely prevented >> this effect to occur. Notice that you have 2 problems: 1- Unloading. 2- Reloading. >From where I stand, the unloading is normal, harmless, and even desirable so the real problem is: why is it re-loaded every 3 minutes? I'd recommend you use /proc/sys/vm/block_dump to try and figure it out. Stefan