Date: 27 Oct 1997 21:21:34 -0500 From: Gene Stark <gene@starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu> To: Babumpabajard <knollm@lafcol.lafayette.edu> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Harddrive powerdowns Message-ID: <87yb3e7hld.fsf@starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu> In-Reply-To: Babumpabajard's message of Mon, 27 Oct 1997 18:42:52 -0500 References: <633cb8$2bo@starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu>
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Babumpabajard <knollm@lafcol.lafayette.edu> writes: > I can not figure out why my HD is spinning up so frequently. I set the > time down to 1 minute, with no one logged in, only process other than > defualt but sshd, and the system still reads. There's 48megs of RAM, so I > can't immagine it needs to swap. > > Is there a way to determine what is using my harddrive? The update process (syncs the disk every 30 seconds)? There is a sysctl variable to change the default interval. - Gene Stark
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