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Old 02-20-2008, 08:01 PM
Sylvain Robitaille
 
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Default Re: Slackware hdd blinking non-stop & very slow

CL wrote:

> My Slackware hdd is blinking non-stop & is very slow. Is it possible
> for me to see what process is causing it?


It may not be a single process, but rather the system itself, for
example, if it's low on memory and using the disk for swap. What does
"cat /proc/meminfo" report?

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