Re: slow when copying

2009-07-05 Thread lee
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

slow when copying

2009-06-27 Thread Soren Orel
..soo I use Debian Lenny with GNOME. Sometimes I backup my data on my laptop to a USB HDD. But when I copy the data to the USB HDD, GNOME slows down, very slow, I mean it sometimes just freezes for seconds :S Can I give a priority for the copy, so that I could use my PC when I'm backing up my fi