On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 06:42:16PM +0200, Soren Orel wrote:
> 
> Can I give a priority for the copy, so that I could use my PC when I'm
> backing up my files? Right now, I'm copying in midnight commander.

see: man ionice

It might be some sort of USB problem or a problem with MC,
though. What does top show about the copy process, does it use a lot
of CPU time? If so, check out man renice ...


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