On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 12:00 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > Matthias Pfeifer wrote: > > Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > at.bofh.it: > > > > > >>Matthias: > >> > >>>I am searching the source of some every 2/3 seconds > >>>happening harddisk read/write operation. > >> > >>If you are using a journalling file system like ext3, this is normal and > >>shouldn't stress your hard disk. > >> > >>J. > > > > > > How is that? And how does that correspond to my > > observation that it must be the x-window-system > > that is taking a role in this situation? Can > > you explain, please? > > I find the answer confusing as well. No matter what FS > one is using, it shouldn't be writing the disc unless > someone requests it. The write may be delayed, but it > shouldn't be created out of thin air. Same thing for > reads. Somewhere there is a process doing disc I/O.
You're thinking like this is a single-tasking OS. Even on a relatively quiet system, when you have a journaling FS, the kernel will be doing more background disk activity than you'd expect. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law." David Dinkins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
