I've tested Arch live iso and there is no problem with IO, both i386 and amd64, uname -a:
Linux archiso 3.12.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Dec 20 19:54:53 CET 2013 i686 GNU/Linux Linux archiso 3.12.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Dec 20 19:39:00 CET 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux Thus this issue is a combination of kernel + Ubuntu userland settings for my system. :/ Does Ubuntu use cgroups for something like http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/48138/how-to-throttle-per-process-i-o-to-a-max-limit ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1264707 Title: IO limit 1.2 MB/s for 32bit ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1264707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs