[CentOS] slow down dd - how?

Thu Jul 8 16:02:26 UTC 2010
Blake Hudson <blake at ispn.net>

Jozsi Avadkan wrote:
> How can I slow down dd?
>
> I don't want to slow down the pc, when generating a big file [~40
> GByte].
>
> Does ionice work properly?
>   
Yes, with CentOS 5.5 and the default scheduler.