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| From | "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux.slackware, comp.os.linux.hardware |
| Subject | Re: HD writes hog RAM with SATA HD replacing an IDE |
| Date | 2016-04-11 11:30 +0200 |
| Organization | Netfront http://www.netfront.net/ |
| Message-ID | <pe7stc-ih9.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink) |
| References | <87potwelxq.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 2016-04-11 07:47, Mike Spencer wrote: > I've had to replace a failed 80G IDE drive with a 150G SATA drive. > > Writes to the new HD seem to be hogging memory, stalling X response > and other HD reads such as causing music playing from a .wav file on > HD to stutter. ... > These, which write the HD, cause the problem: > > cp USB-stick/bigfile -> hda3 > cp hda3/bigfile -> hda4 hda3? Not sda3? Wow. > I have P4 CPU, Slack 11, 2.4.33 kernel and 256M of RAM with which this > problem didn't occur before replacing the HD. 2.4.33 kernel? That's quite old, might explain your problem. 2007. > The new SATA HD plugs into one of two ports on the IBM mobo labeled > "SATA IDE 1" and "SATA IDE 2". The drive is seen by Linux as hda, > not sda. (Some on-mobo emulation I don't know about?) Or this. Even my IDE disks are seen as /dev/sdX in all my systems, never /dev/hdX. But I have not seen a 2.4 kernel in years, except in embedded machines. -- Cheers, Carlos. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news@netfront.net ---
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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 Thomas Richter <thor@math.tu-berlin.de> - 2016-04-11 09:14 +0200
Re: HD writes hog RAM with SATA HD replacing an IDE root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2016-04-11 16:54 +0000
Re: HD writes hog RAM with SATA HD replacing an IDE JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2016-04-11 07:22 +0000
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 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
Re: HD writes hog RAM with SATA HD replacing an IDE Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2016-04-11 13:17 +0000
Re: HD writes hog RAM with SATA HD replacing an IDE Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-04-11 15:43 +0000
Re: HD writes hog RAM with SATA HD replacing an IDE Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-04-12 23:42 -0300
Re: HD writes hog RAM with SATA HD replacing an IDE Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-04-13 03:29 +0000
Re: HD writes hog RAM with SATA HD replacing an IDE Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-04-15 03:08 -0300
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