Hi ! > Hello Jochen! > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 04:58:35PM +1300, Jochen Daum wrote: > >I have a backup process running on a debian woody webserver with > >kernel 2.2.20-compact. The system is not very responsive while this > >backup process is running. Is there any way I can improve that? > > > >I checked the nice value with top. > > Since you say you checked, I guess you mean nice -n ? > yes I do, was a mix-up.
> And did you enable DMA on you disks (hdparm)? No, didn't. Thanks for this. But when I try hdparm -d /dev/hda I always get using_dma = off (0) instead of enabling/disabling it as the manpage says. Does this point to not being turned on in the bios? Jochen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
