[TriLUG] cdrecord & cpu usage

[Mike]

I've found Linux quite good at multitasking CD burning and other tasks even on 
an older 500MZ K6.  Could you tell us a little more about your system,  such 
as CPU type, memory, and flavor of Linux?

Mike 

On Tuesday 22 April 2003 10:00, zzd wrote:
> When burning ISO images to cdrom, I find that I am totally unable to do
> anything else during the burn process, including move the mouse or
> change to alternate windows. I like to use Eclipt which is a good GUI
> front end to cdrecord, and when I use the top command, it shows
> cdrecord at over 40% cpu.
>
> So, how do I (re)nice the cdrecord command to use less CPU, so that I am
> at least able to read/write emails while at the same time, burning a
> CDROM? I tried "nice --adjustment=10", but this did me no good. The
> whole nice thing is a bit confusing. Any help/direction appreciated.
>
> z
>
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