The Linux Help and Tutorial Thread

[PoppaGeek]

@SMTB1963 If you are up to doing a software install this looks like it will do what you want. IOTOP It is listed in the Synaptic package manager so should not be a big deal to install.

Use iotop -o to show only processes that are writing or reading to disk. Far easier to read.
iotop -a is even better as it shows the accumulated writes and reads and they stay on screen instead of flashing.