Re: poor performance during copy

[Rick Chen <ver2.02@xxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin Kempter wrote:
> Hi List;
>
> I'm running FC6, when I run a copy of a large data set the system becomes 
> minimally responsice, the mouse only moves in spurts, etc..
>
> Any suggestions how to fix this? I'm running a 2.2Gz chip

I had poor disk performance before as well. My solution was get rid of 
"ide=nodma" in /etc/grub.conf.
hope this help you!!