From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 25 21:41:20 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 721BC106564A for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:41:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from thalia-smout.broadpark.no (thalia-smout.broadpark.no [80.202.8.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2778A8FC19 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:41:19 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from terra-smin.broadpark.no ([80.202.8.13]) by thalia-smout.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with ESMTP id <0LK8000VX9KUJD10@thalia-smout.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:41:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kg-v2.kg4.no ([84.48.120.215]) by terra-smin.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with SMTP id <0LK800LCC9KT9B80@terra-smin.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:41:18 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:41:17 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20110425234117.d1476c95.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-reply-to: <4DB583E9.8080507@chillt.de> References: <4DB4589B.2020909@ksu.ru> <4DB45D6C.20203@chillt.de> <20110424182456.9DD03589@server.theusgroup.com> <4DB46ED4.2010500@chillt.de> <20110425004818.GA22579@icarus.home.lan> <4DB51F27.5010508@chillt.de> <20110425184728.C73992@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <4DB56CDA.50504@chillt.de> <20110425232429.N85801@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <4DB57F45.4080107@chillt.de> <20110425141643.GA38380@icarus.home.lan> <4DB583E9.8080507@chillt.de> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.0 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: Re: System extremely slow under light load X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:41:20 -0000 On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:23:37 +0200 Bartosz Fabianowski wrote: > > Try Knoppix, or Ubuntu LiveCD. I tend to use the former for rescue > > situations: > > Thanks. I am aware of both - but neither boots from USB (and I have no > CD-Rs at hand). I am running UNetbootin under Windows XP in VirtualBox > right now to try and get Xubuntu 10.04 onto a USB key. It is really sad > that almost all Linux distributions require this detour via a > proprietary operating system. Have you tried just using dd to copy the iso image of a Ubuntu / Linux LiveCD to a suitably sized USB memory stick? It has worked for me in the past. YMMV. -- Torfinn