try mounting ext3 paritions with "barrier=0" this could be meta-bug with many things cousing performance loss. it is fruther discussed here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-482731-postdays-0-postorder-asc-highlight-fast-start-575.html
try mounting ext3 paritions with "barrier=0" forums. gentoo. org/viewtopic- t-482731- postdays- 0-postorder- asc-highlight- fast-start- 575.html
this could be meta-bug with many things cousing performance loss.
it is fruther discussed here: http://