File Copy freezes computer
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I tried copying the contents of a second hard drive to my main hard drive.
The second hard drive was formatted as NTFS.
The main hard drive was formatted as ext2.
The transfer was approximately 50GB.
I initiated the transfer using Konqueror. I selected all the folders in the root and then performed a drag operation.
There was initially some status feedback. It looked as though it was tallying the number of files and folders that needed copying without actually starting the copy. Once this was complete, the computer froze. The mouse would not move. KDE would not accept keyboard input.
The file transfer percent was listed as zero percent.
I would like to get this bug posted to the most relevant forum.
I don't know if this is a Konqueror bug, a KDE bug, a bug with cp or rcp or what.
I just have know idea how low this goes.
Another thing to do: check
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Another thing to do: check harddrive for physical errors. I've see that kind of behavior (both in Linux and Windows) when the HD had errors.
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1. Even windoze has problems
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1. Even windoze has problems copying 10 or so GB through the GUI. The essential problem is that it the windoze crash usually takes down the complete OS, and usually damages data. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace will restart the X-server in Linux, and you'll discover that the OS did not crash even though you may have had problems with KDE being slow to respond.
2. Don't use the ext2 filesystem. Use ext3 or Reiser.
3. Konq will give one problems with a copy of that size, and this is something that has been well-known for quite some time now (years). It's a Konq/ KDE issue, AFAIK, and has been repeatedly reported in the past.
4. Use cp at the CLI. It works, and is much faster.
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