Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 8 Nov 2001 13:24:10 +0100 (CET) | From | Sven Koch <> | Subject | Re: Laptop harddisk spindown? |
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> > On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 01:51:05AM +0300, Samium Gromoff wrote: > > > I`m sorry folks, i dont quite recall whether i poked lkml with that, > > > but here it is: > > > 2.4.13, reiserfs > > > i have a disk access _every_ 5 sec, unregarding the system load, > > > 24x7x365, so i suppose while it doesnt hurts me, it hurts folks with power > > > bound boxes... > > > I must add that i `m experiencing this on -ac tree too, adn this is true > > > as far as my memory goes... (in the kernel-version context i mean)
Did you mount your partitions with "noatime"?
This (and not keeping Mozilla open) does the trick on my laptop, the harddisk goes off after about 30 seconds and if I don't do anything local, it stays off.
(Debian unstable, Kernel 2.4.12-ac6 currently)
c'ya sven
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