HD activity in 10.04

[Basil Chupin]

On 25/01/2011 12:20, Arnaud G wrote:
> *From:* Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com>
> *To:* "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" 
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> *Sent:* Mon, January 24, 2011 5:11:28 PM
> *Subject:* Re: HD activity in 10.04
>
> On 24 January 2011 20:48, Arnaud G <lepelerin2002 at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:lepelerin2002 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > How can I monitor  the HD activity at startup  in Ubuntu 10.04?
> > When I start up my laptop, sometimes the HD activity goes on for
> > approximately 2-3 minutes.
> > It's not always the case.
> > It's often before I can login. The gdm is loaded but so much HD 
> activity I
> > cannot even move the pointer or enter my credentials.
> > It sometimes does the same in a non gdm environment.
> > Once the HD activity is back to normal, it's OK.
>
> Have you tried bootchart to see if it provides any useful information?
>
> Colin
>
>
> no I did not, just installed it and will see if I can find something 
> strange when it happens again.

Have you counted the number of reboots between this occurring?

Linux OSs will check the file system after so many reboots (because 
Linux is meant to run for years without being rebooted, when the system 
is rebooted after X times the s/ware thinks that there is a problem with 
the file system).

If I remember correclty, but I do not vouch for my memory, Lucid (10.04) 
checks the file system for errors after 10 reboots but Maverick now 
after (?)20 reboots.

There is a file where you can control this number but I don't recall it 
(and without going thru all my notes).

BC


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