[TriLUG] cdrecord & cpu usage

[Roy Vestal]

+1

I just burned 10 CD's using X-CDRoast over a Samba share to a Windows 2000 Server on RHL 9 and it worked fine. CPU, RAM, Drive, IDE Controller can all play rolls.


On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 10:17:29 -0400
Mike <myname17 at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> 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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