Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 May 2006 14:42:24 -0700 | From | "David Rees" <> | Subject | Re: unknown io writes in 2.6.16 |
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On 5/10/06, Mark Hedges <hedges@ucsd.edu> wrote: > I stop every non-kernel process except syslogd, klogd and the > tty's. Interfaces are down. It is still in default runlevel. > But the disk keeps clicking away. > > Any idea what's doing these writes?
It's most likely atime updates. Mount the partitions with noatime option and your writes will go away.
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