Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:02:21 +0200 From: Nelis Lamprecht <nlamprecht@gmail.com> To: Yuri <yuri@tsoft.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why CDROM operations cause system to be slow and HD operations do not Message-ID: <7cbadc870507130102568b6e41@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42D4C8C9.1030401@tsoft.com> References: <42D4C8C9.1030401@tsoft.com>
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On 7/13/05, Yuri <yuri@tsoft.com> wrote: > When I read something from CDROM my system gets visibly slow and HD > reads/writes do not have the same effect. >=20 > I think they both should have similar effect on system performance since > multiple requests should just wait till completion interrupt and other > processes shouldn't be affected. >=20 Is the CDROM attached to the same cable as your hard drive ? If so try putting it on it's own seperate cable using your secondary channel and see if that makes a difference. Regards, Nelis
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