Hi, i wrote: > > What did finally help ? Just the shorter terminal scroll back memory ?
gene heskett wrote: > That, and possibly the --bwlimit=10m, giving the SSD time to keep their > stuff in one sock. Then i place my bet on the terminal alone. Linux is able to handle disk-to-disk copies that are larger than the available memory. This is a standard use case. > > How large was it set when your runs caused the OOM killer to act ? > different terminal, xfce4's is apparently unlimited but can't find it in the > config prefs. I normally start new xterms by xterm -ls -geometry 80x24 -bg wheat -fg black -sl 10000 +sb & The -sl option gives the number of lines to be memorized for scrollback. Black-on-wheat is a calmative color combination which does not overwork the eyes. Have a nice day :) Thomas
