Hi Kevin, > Here's a basic one for you guys. Why would heavy HD > writes (like a "make install" for openssl) cause an IDE > based system to become unresponsive during said writes? I've noticed this with various later 2.4 kernels running various VM tweeks. What's your kernel and is it running the O1 scheduler ? -- Rob Fielding rob at dsvr.net Development www.dsvr.co.uk