What's the FS on the external drive? Can you try newer packages to see whether the issue is resolved? The version of mc bundled with Hardy is really ancient and buggy.
https://launchpad.net/~zyv/+archive/ppa/+packages -- mc: Slows down desktop to a crawl when copying/moving data to external usb disk https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/431207 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
