On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:47:35 -0800 Michael Hope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Mark. I had a fiddle with my machine a month ago, and here's what I > found: > > 1. Most accesses are due to updating the file access time. Turning > this off gets rid of alot of redundant writes. To turn it off, add the > 'noatime' flag to your fstab and either reboot or re-mount the > partition. > 2. On Ext2 and probably XFS you can use the noflushd daemon. This > changes the kernel operation so that dirty data isn't flushed to the > hard disk unless the disk is running. This could lead to lost data and > doesn't work with Ext3 or Reiser. > > -- Michael > Thanks for your response! I added noatime to the relevant fstab line: /dev/hda11 / ext2 errors=remount-ro,noatime 0 1 but the drive still clicks to life every now and then. This is no good! Will noflushd have any more luck than hdparm? Thanks, Mark
