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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 15:03:47 +0100 (CET)
From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy@karlsbakk.net>
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Subject: temporarily system freeze with high I/O write to ext2 fs
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hi all

why is it that Linux 'hangs' while doing heavy I/O operations (such as dd)
to (and perhaps from?) ext2 file systems? I can't see the same behaivour
when using other file systems, such as ReiserFS

roy

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Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, MCSE, MCNE, CLS, LCA

Computers are like air conditioners.
They stop working when you open Windows.


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