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 >