Re: CPU hammered on Dell Inspiron with new install.
On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 01:01 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2008/4/28 Andrea Gozzi <as.gozzi@vp44.net>:
> > On Sun, 2008-04-27 at 18:25 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > > Where should I begin troubleshooting?
> >
> > Run "top" and check for processes waiting to do I/O on disks.
> > Also, check your hdparm settings since having DMA/UDMA disables makes
> > reads A LOT slower
> >
> > Andrea
> >
>
> Thanks. Top doesn't show anything excessive, and it looks like DMA is
> the culprit:
>
> What can I do to remedy that?
This should help:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_hdparm_to_improve_IDE_device_performance
Andrea
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