Running Suse 11.1 Linux 2.6.27.19-3.2-default x86_64 KDE4.1.3
e6750 OC’ed to 3.2 | 4 Gigs of ram
has been running XP for over a year 1/2 no problems.
Have 3 SATA ( AHCI mode ) drives on Intel ICH9R
Fresh install, only installed Nvida drivers, wine and Vmware 6.5 so far
When copying from C: (old windows NTFS) to D: ( Suse 11.1 ) the CPU goes to full 100%. Swap and memory usage are low. Only time CPU goes full, no other problems any other times.
Any Ideas?
Happy to provide any additional information.
Well I suppose it’s “normal” when copying from and to NTFS partition. It’s a ntfs-3g driver issue. I’m getting about 30-60% CPU when copying and system is very slow in that moment.
Believe you are right. Did some more looking and stumbled on the ntfs-3g site and it looks like thats how its going to be as far as transferring my files over. Well worth it, loving this OS. Wish I had made the switch sooner.
Did some experimenting and found a workaround.
I made a ext3 partition on the 3rd disk E: and pulling files from C: ( Windows) to E: is less CPU intensive( Suse is on D: ).
Transferring them from the E: ext3 partition to my home on D: is Much less strain on the CPU. It barely went over 80% and that was with me flipping tabs on firefox and quickly switching between desktops trying to push it. Where before I couldn’t even use firefox at all, had to wait until the files completed to use the computer again. Thankyou for the response. Glad to know it was something simple.
> Please do not use drive letters naming (C: D:…) for Linux
> partitions. Refer to them like “/home (ext3)”. Less experienced users
> will be confused.
are you kidding, it also confuses those with lots of Linux experience,
but little in M$…
