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List:       reiserfs-devel
Subject:    Re: Problem with Reiser4
From:       Artur_Makówka <juice () ursynow ! 2a ! pl>
Date:       2005-12-15 23:46:09
Message-ID: 43A20041.2070309 () ursynow ! 2a ! pl
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Tobi Kunze wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i have a strange problem with my system and i think it might be caused by reiser4. \
> If i write a file with vim, even if it is just a word, my harddisk starts to write \
> like mad for a few seconds and vim is not responding. The problem does not exist \
> with nano or emacs. One might now guess it is a vim problem, but it behaves totally \
> normal if i write the file on a fat32 partition on the same disk. Vim just quits \
> and i even cannot hear my harddisk write. Another reason why i think it is a reiser \
> problem is that dpkg got really slow with the last few kernels. It takes very long \
> to extract and install the deb packages. 
> At the moment i am using Debian and 2.6.14.1 vanilla with reiser4 patch. The \
> problem also exists on 2.6.14-mm2. 
> With kind regards
> 
> Tobias Kunze
> 
> 

try to remount your reiser4 partition with noatime,nodiratime options, 
it should help.

(it will still be a little slower that what it used to be, but much 
better anyways)


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