System slows down upon heavy HDD or CD-ROM I/O operations
Whenever I copy big files around on my HDD's, or writing a CD, or just doing cat /dev/zero /dev/null, the system slows down sensibly.
Articles tagged ‘dma’
Ill-behaving Quantum hard-disk
Suddenly, my old Quantum doesn't stand DMA mode anymore -- it would crash out of it shortly after I attempt any heavy usage, such as copying a big file.