Also affects me on a fresh Maverick installation. Copying large files from one USB 2.0 HD to another USB 2.0 HD makes load go up to >5. Transferspeed is around 20 MB/s.
uname -a Linux w-40511465 2.6.35-28-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 1 14:40:58 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226784 Title: High load when copying large file to low speed usb device -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
