Re: (for gurus) a process access HDD
From: Andreas Rippl (a.rippl_at_gmx.net)
Date: 04/13/05
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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:14:44 +0200 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 09:23:44PM +0200, Mohammad Halawah wrote:
> Hi gurus,
>
> I am using the " hdparm -S 1 /dev/hda" command to keep the HDD quite while I
> am reading some pdf's
>
> but the problem is that there is a process running and ask for data from the
> HDD which reactivate the HDD again and I am losing the "quietness"
>
> unfortionatly the "top" command did not help
>
> many thanx in advance
>
>
Hi Mohammad,
IIRC, in your /etc/fstab try adding 'async,noatime' to the options for the
drive. Also read 'man mount' to get more info about the possible
options.
Hth,
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