[SWLUG] Backing up took 3 days

[Pete Prior]

lsmod |grep -i ehci

will check if you have USB 2.0 modules loaded into your kernel.

Also, a dmesg output would be helpful

Pete

Jonathan Wright wrote:
> Pete Phillips wrote:
>> Have you checked DMA for all your devices ? I have seen DMA turned off
>> with Suse in the past (admittedly a few years ago) for some devices
>> which Suse seemed unsure if they supported DMA. Without DMA, they ran
>> dog slow. You can sort this out in yast2 Hardware/IDE DMA Mode. (this is
>> probably unlikely as you would notice your whole system running slowly).
> 
> Also - a very high (usually ~99%) CPU load during transfer will point to
> this as well. Without DMA the CPU has to do all the work transferring
> the data back/fore.
>