[TriLUG] cdrecord & cpu usage, cured!

[zzd]

with hdparm settings in place, I am actually able to work again whilst I 
burning my ISO to disc :-) 

many thanks,
z

On Tuesday 22 April 2003 10:30 am, David A. Cafaro wrote:
>
> # /sbin/hdparm -c3 -d1 /dev/hda  (first HD)
> # /sbin/hdparm -c3 -d1 /dev/hdc  (first IDE Cdrom)
>
> Which turns on basic 32bit and DMA.  Again, use with caution and be
> prepared for it to fail (I've tried some very aggresive settings that
> locked my HDs good, had to hard reset and recover journal).
>
> -David
>
> On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 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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