On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 05:50:52PM +0200, Jozsi Avadkan wrote: > How can I slow down dd?
Play with the block size parameter (bs). Smaller block sizes means more reads. The default is 512 bytes, which is very small. > I don't want to slow down the pc, when generating a big file [~40 > GByte]. > > Does ionice work properly? I think ionice only works on Linux. Why not use nice(1)? Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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