I'm still getting my bearings in Unix, and this thread intrigued me
so I googled for definitions:

http://www.teamquest.com/html/gunther/ldavg1.shtml
http://www.teamquest.com/html/gunther/ldavg2.shtml

Heh.  Who knew?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org
> [mailto:netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org]On Behalf Of Timothy Vogelsang
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 7:22 AM
> To: netbsd-help@NetBSD.org
> Subject: Re: unusual high loads in netbsd
> 
> 
> I appreciate all the responces, I suppose coming from FreeBSD 
> is my first
> problem, I'm used to the system load being a constant low 
> level; somewhere
> in 0.00.  If anyone can provide anymore answers, it would be 
> appreciated,
> I'd certainly look into them all.
> 
> Cheers,
> Timothy Grant Vogelsang
> net@astrolink.org
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Timothy Vogelsang" <net@astrolink.org>
> To: <netbsd-help@NetBSD.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 10:34 PM
> Subject: unusual high loads in netbsd
> 
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > Just installed NetBSD as a move (change) from FreeBSD, 
> heard good things
> > about hardware support and it appears to be a nice system.  
> However, I've
> > noticed my load is insanely high, sitting around 0.36 Avg 
> after navigating
> > myself through the file system.  I've also noticed in TOP that no
> > applications are running in the background that would 
> contribute to such a
> > thing, is this possibly at the core level of the system?  I 
> havn't found
> any
> > documentation online regarding this issue, I wonder if 
> anyone else has
> > bumped into it.
> >
> > If you can provide any information, I'd be greatful!
> >
> > Timothy Grant Vogelsang
> > net@astrolink.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
>