On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 10:25:40PM -0400, christophe barbe wrote: > > ext3 will write to the disk every 5 seconds or so. For me, > > that is what prevents the HD from spinning down. Under ext2 > > the noflushd should work nicely, but ext3 wants to write to > > its journal every so often... > > I don't understand what has to be written to disk if there is > no activity. I will try to boot with ext2, but if the guilty is > ext3, then it would be a significant drawback of ext3. I am > still convinced that something is not right but if it is the > way ext3 work (hd activity without other activities) then I wil > have a look at other journalized fs.
Actually, I struggle with the same problem too, and currently it seems to me, that parametr noatime in /etc/fstab for every hard disk should help (see mount(1) for more info). Moreover, the page http://bulmalug.net/body.phtml?nIdNoticia=1511 could help too. Cheers, Matej -- Matej Cepl, [EMAIL PROTECTED], PGP ID# D96484AC 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488 Roses are red; Violets are blue. I'm schizophrenic, And so am I.
