On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:21:49 -0700, ShieldX <
shieldx@mindspring.com> said:
> This happens when working with any kind of large file,
> in any way, not just copying,
> Even saving a big image (20+ MB etc.) in Gimp causes X, the mouse, and
> even gkrellm to lock completely until the entire file is flushed from ram,
>
> If it's a big file, larger than 512 megs, the box is okay until flush time,
> then freezes until it's finished 'flushing' that batch to disk and so on...
>
> Darn 2.4 kernel!
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You may also want to check your hard drive parameters to see if it is using UDMA, etc. with hdparm.
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