The commit interval to sync the buffers is 5sec if I am not mistaken. So every five seconds the kernel<br>empties the buffers and writes their data on disk. You can change that by passing the 'commit=#sec'<br>argument on the mount options in /etc/fstab.
<br><br>Filippos<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/4/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">jludwig</b> <<a href="mailto:wralphie@comcast.net">wralphie@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Thursday 04 May 2006 12:21 pm, Mike Duffy wrote:<br>> Can anyone please explain to me why my hard drive continuously cycles every<br>> three to five seconds, even when I am not doing anything? This is<br>> incredibly annoying.
<br>><br>> I am using FC-4. Does anyone know if this bug (please don't tell me it is<br>> a feature) has been fixed in FC-5? Does anyone know if there are any other<br>> Linux distributions that do not have this bug?
<br>><br>> Is there any way to turn this activity off, by killing a process, etc.? If<br>> anyone can help me solve this I promise to buy you your favorite beverage<br>> if you are ever in Austin.<br>><br>
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