Public bug reported: WDC WD7500BPVT 750GB Advanced format HDD changing dirty_ratio or dirty_background_ratio prevents freezes but it slows down HDD R/W operations deadline scheduler is selected parted informs that partitions are aligned logical sectors are 512B while physical sectors are 4096 bytes hdparm informs speed 96MB/s Programs startup is slow. S.M.A.R.T assessment is OK.
HDD operations make system unusable. Hardware Specification Intel Core-i7 3612qm 4GB DDR3 RAM intel HD 4000m ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.16.0-49-generic 3.16.0-49.65~14.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-49.65~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt15 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-49-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.13 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Sep 18 22:08:23 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-13 (5 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1) SourcePackage: linux-lts-utopic UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: linux-lts-utopic (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1497383 Title: While copying from hdd to hdd or hdd to usb ubuntu freezes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-utopic/+bug/1497383/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs