Thus spake Mariano Kamp: > Hi, > > when copying from one ide disk to another ide disk on the the same > controller the whole systems stalls. I am running 2.4.19 on unstable. > > When renicing the copying processes it works ok, but I am not sure > if that is the solution. And if that is, how would I do this > efficiently. Looking a top and renicing by hand is a bit annoying to > me ;-)
Welcome to the wonderful world of IO scheduling in the 2.4 kernels. The noticable impact of such IO should be reduced in 2.4.22, but for a real fix you'll have to wait for the new IO scheduling code in the 2.6 tree. -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "She feels for me, and I feel for her, and we're free to express it.." "--*naked*." -Cabot/Crow (as Cabot). #519
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