I wonder if my problem is related to this bug - I am observing excessive harddisk activity in the unpack phase of package installations on all three Lucid systems: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/580537
-- [regression] dpkg fsync cause massive regression in Ubuntu Server and Alternate installation times https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570805 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
