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| From | Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux.slackware, comp.os.linux.hardware |
| Subject | Re: HD writes hog RAM with SATA HD replacing an IDE |
| Date | 2016-04-13 00:06 -0300 |
| Organization | Bridgewater Institute for Advanced Study - Blacksmith Shop |
| Message-ID | <87egaagqc5.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> (permalink) |
| References | <87potwelxq.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> <nefq16$jju$1@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
philo <philo@privacy.net> writes:
> Looks like a defective hard drive, run the manufacturer's diagnostic.
The problematic bigfile -> HD copies proceed quickly. It appears to
be a memory usage problem during writes.
> Due to the small size of the drive I'm guessing that when you said "new"
> you simply meant "new to the machine" and not an actual new drive?
Right. A used 150G. I have a new 500G SATA coming. But I'm not above
reverting to an 80G IDE drive if t he prblem becomes annoying enough.
From Stephenson's The System of the World, Saturn (Peter Hoxton) &
Daniel Waterhouse in Hockley in the Hole:
"Mechanic since I was a lad, clock-maker since I came to my
senses," said Saturn. "The piece of information you are wanting,
Doctor, is this: this here is an old Hooke balance-spring watch,
this is. When the Master made it, why, it might've been the best
time-piece ever fashioned by human hands. But now there's a score
of proper horologists round Clerkenwell who can make ones that'll
keep better time. Technology ages, dunnit"?
Daniel pursed his lips to keep from laughing at the spectacle of
this new, five-guinea word, Technology, emerging from that head.
"It ages faster'n we do. It can be difficult for a bloke to keep
up."
"Is that your story, Saturn? You could not keep up, and so you
went bad"?
"I grew weary of keeping up, Doctor. That is my story, if you must
know. I grew weary of transitory knowledge, and decided to seek
knowledge of a more aeternal nature."
--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
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HD writes hog RAM with SATA HD replacing an IDE Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-04-11 02:47 -0300
Re: HD writes hog RAM with SATA HD replacing an IDE philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-04-11 04:19 -0500
Re: HD writes hog RAM with SATA HD replacing an IDE Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-04-13 00:06 -0300
Re: HD writes hog RAM with SATA HD replacing an IDE Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-04-13 17:56 +0000
Re: HD writes hog RAM with SATA HD replacing an IDE philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-04-13 13:26 -0500
Re: HD writes hog RAM with SATA HD replacing an IDE "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-04-11 11:30 +0200
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