Hi Chris, Quoth Krzys Majewski, > I don't know how to say this properly.. when backing up files from my > IDE hard drive to my parallel port ZIP100 drive, the machine > occasionally blocks: it's like everything freezes for about half a > minute before I can do anything again. This only happens when the ZIP > drive is running (not sure if it's R or W or both). This is with > kernel 2.2.17, using the imm driver as a module. I've set all the > default "safe" options for the driver, like "slow and reliable" or > whatnot. Is this a kernel bug? IMM driver bug? User bug? Feature? > Help? chris After having recently resurected my parallel zip drive and connecting it once again to my debian machine (decided that it might be a good idea to back up my thesis...), I've also experienced similar problems. Using the zip drive under both windoze and linux I've seen it eat up so much cpu time that the system goes very choppy and is unusable while the transfer is going on. I don't know if this is a bug in anything in particular, or if writing that much data through the parallel port is just a really tough job. Unless anyone else can offer a more concrete suggestion, I'd recomend that when copying large files to your zip, it's probably a good opportunity to go and make yourself a coffee! cheers, damon -- Damon Muller | Did a large procession wave their torches Criminologist/Linux Geek | As my head fell in the basket, http://killfilter.com | And was everybody dancing on the casket... PGP (GnuPG): A136E829 | - TBMG, "Dead"
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