Problem with copying data

[Klaas Dellschaft <klaasd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I'm currently trying to copy two large files (1.6 GB and 3.5 GB) with a 
"COPY FROM" into my database. But I'm waiting for the completion of this 
job since more than 24h. I'm working under Linux and with "top" I can 
see the two processes which should copy the data but most of the time 
they are not working. Very seldom they are using some CPU time and then 
get idle again.

I already tried restarting the Postgres server and I also restarted 
Linux but nothing seems to work. Do you have any hints how I can find 
out what's going on there and why the two processes are idle most of the 
time?

Thanks,
Klaas