Hi Jan :)
* Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit:
>
> On May 18 2007 10:21, DervishD wrote:
> >
> >> Or try echo 10 >/proc/sys/kernel/dirty_ratio
> >
> >Not in my proc :?? Perhaps /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio? Mine is 40,
> >which I think is too high.
>
> Linus also thinks it is too hig
Hi Heikki :)
* Heikki Orsila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit:
> On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 12:03:08PM +0200, DervishD wrote:
> > I'm having problems when reading/writing to external USB
> > harddisks: my *internal* harddisk stalls from time to time, so
> > watching a movie while copying da
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 12:03:08PM +0200, DervishD wrote:
> I'm having problems when reading/writing to external USB harddisks:
> my *internal* harddisk stalls from time to time, so watching a movie
> while copying data is a PITA (well, if the movie is bad, the leaps help
> a bit...).
I've had
On May 18 2007 10:21, DervishD wrote:
>
>> Or try echo 10 >/proc/sys/kernel/dirty_ratio
>
>Not in my proc :?? Perhaps /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio? Mine is 40,
>which I think is too high.
Linus also thinks it is too high; I do not really care what it is set
at, as it depends on the use case.
Hi Jan :)
* Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit:
> Try ionice.
I didn't know about it, probably I didn't install it the last time I
built util-linux. Anyway, I've seen an ionice in
Documentation/block/ioprio.txt (which, BTW, I missed when searching for
information about my problem).
On May 18 2007 08:15, DervishD wrote:
>Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 08:15:12 +0200
>From: DervishD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Stefan Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>Subject: Re: usb-storage nice value
Try ionice.
>> DervishD wrote:
Hi Stefan :)
* Stefan Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit:
> DervishD wrote:
> > I'm having problems when reading/writing to external USB harddisks:
> > my *internal* harddisk stalls from time to time, so watching a movie
> > while copying data is a PITA (well, if the movie is bad, the leap
DervishD wrote:
> I'm having problems when reading/writing to external USB harddisks:
> my *internal* harddisk stalls from time to time, so watching a movie
> while copying data is a PITA (well, if the movie is bad, the leaps help
> a bit...).
If the internal harddisk is source or target of th
Hi Alan :)
* Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit:
> > My system is a bit modest: a 7 years old motheboard with VIA686B, a
> > 1900+ Athlon XP, but with plenty of RAM (1280MB + 1GB swap). I know, if
> > I want more hard disk performance I should buy a new box with SATA or
> > whatever, but
> My system is a bit modest: a 7 years old motheboard with VIA686B, a
> 1900+ Athlon XP, but with plenty of RAM (1280MB + 1GB swap). I know, if
> I want more hard disk performance I should buy a new box with SATA or
> whatever, but the fact is that I hadn't problems with the same hardware
> and
Hi all :)
I'm using kernel 2.6.19.5.
I'm having problems when reading/writing to external USB harddisks:
my *internal* harddisk stalls from time to time, so watching a movie
while copying data is a PITA (well, if the movie is bad, the leaps help
a bit...).
I thought about lowerin
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