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Soren Orel
Jun 27, 2009, 1:10:10 PM6/27/09
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..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 files? Right now, I'm copying in midnight commander.
thank you!
p.s.: I wrote this in vim (after logging in at "ALT+CTRL+F2"), because GNOME became so slow, it's faster this way :D (still copying..)
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 files? Right now, I'm copying in midnight commander.
thank you!
p.s.: I wrote this in vim (after logging in at "ALT+CTRL+F2"), because GNOME became so slow, it's faster this way :D (still copying..)
lee
Jul 5, 2009, 4:50:09 AM7/5/09
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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.
>
> 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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