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Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.17 gets really slow when handling large files
To: chrkok@chem.rug.nl (Christiaan Kok)
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> repaired by a reboot. hdparm -Tt /dev/hdX values drop from around 25 MB/s to
> around 8 MB/s but DMA is still on (at least that is what hdaprm reports). In
> is a such a state it is imposible to burn cds for instance but networkspeed is
> unharmed.

Is anything else logged like disk timeouts before the slow down ?

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