On 1 Jan, this message from Michel Dänzer echoed through cyberspace: > Any suggestions how I can find out what accesses my disk every few seconds and > thus keeps me from powering it down?
Replying late, and I didn't read all of the remaining messages in the thread, but have a look at the battery-powered mini-howto: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Battery-Powered.html When I configured my laptop at work, tat was quite helpful. Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "