FC5: High system load when copying data to slow USB media

[Robert F. Chapman]

How much memory do you have, and how much is used.

Thanks,

Robert

On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 20:53 +0200, Boris Glawe wrote:
> I should mention, that I don't have this problem when copying small 
> amount of data (I guess less than 200MB). Only when copying large 
> amounts of data, the systemload really increases and the desktop begins 
> to lock. The locking worsens when calling sync manually - either by 
> trying to unmount or by calling sync.
> 
> greets Boris
>