From: Matt Garman <matthew.garman at gmail.com> > I did a little research on the loadavg number, and my understanding is that > it's simply a function of the number of tasks on the system. (There's > some fancy stuff thrown in for exponential decay and curve smoothing and > all that, but it's still based on the number of system tasks.) Any USB device? Each time I access USB disks, load goes through the roof. JD