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Subject: [Discuss] Why are all my hard drives slow on Ubuntu? (new computer)
From: dbarrett at blazemonger.com (Daniel Barrett)
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:27:33 -0400
References: <CAKtLMgp7Jgzp0EFBWfb_SL51CBXapgEbmsGSFZjMo1C+Xo5Q7Q@mail.gmail.com> <21024.43459.585236.376314@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <sjmob8fm4kw.fsf@mocana.ihtfp.org>

SOLVED!

Switching to a 64-bit kernel did the trick. I booted on the Ubuntu 13.04
64-bit live CD, and disk operations are speedy.

Thank you to everybody who helped out with suggestions and the occasional
snarky comment about 32-bit PAE! :-)

--
Dan Barrett
dbarrett at blazemonger.com

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