From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 5 16:21: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from snoopy.oit.edu (snoopy.OIT.EDU [140.211.135.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 617D837B443 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2001 16:20:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from longj@oit.edu) Received: from long ([140.211.141.121]) by snoopy.oit.edu (8.11.3/8.11.3/OIT-1.0) with SMTP id f35NKwY31557 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2001 16:20:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <016d01c0bde3$833a3630$798dd38c@oit.edu> From: "Jim Long" To: Subject: 4.2 Installation Hard Drive anomoly Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 16:17:21 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_016A_01C0BDEB.E4C788A0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_016A_01C0BDEB.E4C788A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, I just installed FreeBSD 4.2 on a Dell Latitude LM Notebook. The = installation seemed to go fine, however, now the disk is extremely slow = and seems to perform access in very short, quick bursts. For instance, if I try to open a file with vi, the disk will perform = many short "grind" access bursts before actually opening. What could be the problem here and where do I go to try to fix it up??? Thanks, Jim Long ------=_NextPart_000_016A_01C0BDEB.E4C788A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi All,
 
I just installed FreeBSD 4.2 on a Dell Latitude LM = Notebook.=20 The installation seemed to go fine, however, now the disk is extremely = slow and=20 seems to perform access in very short, quick bursts.
 
For instance, if I try to open a file with vi, the = disk will=20 perform many short "grind" access bursts before actually = opening.
 
What could be the problem here and where do I go to = try to fix=20 it up???
 
Thanks,
 
   Jim = Long
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