From: Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com>
To: Delta <birtl00@dmi.usherb.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: System unresponsitive when copying HD/HD
Date: 02 Feb 2001 15:13:07 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3vgqsetd8.fsf@belphigor.mcnaught.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3A7B1129.2ED4CCE4@dmi.usherb.ca>
In-Reply-To: Delta's message of "Fri, 02 Feb 2001 14:57:29 -0500"
Delta <birtl00@dmi.usherb.ca> writes:
> While cp is copying from the second hard disk to the first hard disk,
> I find my system performance
> drop VERY sharply. X is sloppy, even bash takes many seconds to
> respond. I using two
> recent IDE disk (Fudjisu 13 gig, Maxtor 20 Gig), so I'm wondering why
> the system is so slow? My mobo is a FIC SD11 and I have an athlon
> 550 Mhz.
You don't say what kernel you're running. Some versions (2.2.16ish)
have very bad interactive response under I/O load. 2.2.18 is supposed
to be better, or try 2.2.19pre.
Also 'hdparm -u' may help, and turning on DMA if you're not using it.
-Doug
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-02 20:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-02 19:57 System unresponsitive when copying HD/HD Delta
2001-02-02 20:13 ` Doug McNaught [this message]
2001-02-02 20:20 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-02-03 20:07 ` LA Walsh
2001-02-04 11:01 ` Alan Cox
2001-02-04 19:55 ` LA Walsh
2001-02-05 1:07 ` Jens Axboe
2001-02-05 16:23 ` [PATCH] " Rik van Riel
2001-02-05 16:15 ` Rik van Riel
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