Heavy harddrive use after startup

[Rohan Nicholls <rohan.nicholls@informaat.nl>]

I am wondering if anyone else experiences this, I had thought it was a
gnome problem, but am no longer using gnome.

About 5 minutes after I boot up, the harddrive goes crazy for about 3-5
minutes slowing everything down, and I was wondering if anyone has any
idea what might be causing it.

I run, kdm, rox session with sawfish, but this has been consistent since
I installed the system and then I was running gnome and/or kde.  I have
uninstalled everything kde except the libraries needed for kdm.

Any ideas would be most appreciated, as it drives me a little crazy,
especially as I have no idea what is causing it.

Thanks,

rohan