Ubuntu - File Copy Seems Resource Intensive

[Paul Puschmann]

Gregory Piñero <gregpinero at gmail.com> schrieb am Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 10:55:55PM -0400:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I just started copying about 5GB between two partitions using Nautilus
> in freshly installed 6.06 (first time doing this) and now that the
> copy is going, anything else I try to do takes an extremely long time.
> e.g. 2+ minutes to open Firefox, etc.  Is this normal?  Is there
> something I should change?
> 
> Much thanks,
Test your hdd settings with hdparm.
You could use hdparm -tT /dev/hda to "benchmark" your first hdd.

Then see through the various settings and check your cables.

And please my signature before replying. 

Paul
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