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Sam.

Ian Stoner wrote:

>After I copy a large file (~30 megs) my processor activity shoots up to
>100% for 10 to 15 seconds, and I can't use my system during that time. 
>As the files get bigger, the amount of time the processor has to noodle
>also grows.  If I copy a gigabyte file, my computer can be out of
>commission for 20 minutes.  Is this normal behavior, or do I likely have
>something configured wrong?
>
>I'm using Debian Sarge, kernel 2.4.20, ext2 filesystem, and two IDE
>harddrives on my primary controller.  The behavior seems to happen no
>matter where I'm copying from and to:  one partition to another, one
>drive to another, or within the same partition.  I didn't have these
>slowdowns back in Windows days, so I don't *think* it is purely a
>hardware issue.  However, most of the things I do with linux that cause
>the problem (like writing decent metadata to ogg/mp3 files) are not
>things that I ever did in Windows, so it might be that back then I never
>asked my harddisks to do these things that they don't like doing...
>
>Thanks,
>Ian
>
>  
>


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