[mythtv-users] Intermittant high disk activity

[Meatwad]

>On Monday 16 January 2006 16:41, mike choy wrote:
>> Hi Team
>>
>> Having just put my SUSE 10.0 Myth machine into production with 0.18.1
>> all seems to be well except that
>> every now and then the front end video pauses, and the disk activity
>> light goes like crazy, almost as if the machine
>> has gone into some sort of paging mode. The duration can vary from a few
>> seconds to 15/20 seconds.
>> If  I exit from watching live tv back to the main menu the disk activity
>> stops.
>>
>> Any idea how I can find out whats going on?

I've just completed a bare metal install of FC4 x86_64 and noticed some 
intermittent yet sustained bursts from the HD while working on the myth 
install. A quick look at top showed prelink and make processes banging 
away. Just a short time ago the culprit was makewhatis.

HTH