On 2008/12/2, Ron wrote: > On 12/02/08 04:36, Slim Joe wrote: [snip]
>> When executing commands or programs on large files (> 100 MB), >> the system becomes unresponsive. [snip] >> I suspect this is either a scheduling problem or a module conflict. >> Is there some kernel magic or option I need to disable or enable to >> make this problem go away? If I remember correctly, I didn't encounter >> this problem when I was using PATA drives with DMA enabled. > How much RAM do you have? Your disk cache could be getting flushed > or RAM pushed to swap, thus requiring "stuff" to be re-read from disk. About 900 MB (1 GB RAM with some MB's alloted to the onboard graphics). Should be good, right? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]