On Wednesday 27 December 2006 13:17, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Wed, 2006-12-27 at 11:42 -0800, Dave Stevens wrote:
Whenever I copy large files (>2G) or create large tar archives I basically loose control of my box (2.1Gz Laptop running FC5) until the copy or tar is complete. I can still try and work but the mouse movements are delayed several seconds, other programs take minutes to respond, etc.
Is there a way I can overcome this so I can still work as normal during these
operations, maybe a way to limit the amount of cpu or system resources that a
cp or tar process can have? Other ideas?
Thanks in advance
man nice
I doubt if that will help much. Cp/tar, etc. do very little work in the main process - it's all read()/write() system calls. I'd guess the problem is that your disk interface is taking all the CPU and what you need to do is enable dma if it can handle it. If it is IDE, it might be worth adding a new card.
-- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@gmail.com
Thanks for the info. How do I enable DMA on a SATA drive?