The drive spins for inode swapping and use the swap partition. I do not know
what oyu may have starting up on this machine, but it sounds like the machine
is in a constant swap mode. Even then the drive should shut off once in a
while. Are you sure you do not have some background process running that is
hitting the drive. Use the ps command to see what you may have running that is
out of the norm. I am almost sure there is something.
Paul Anderson
Darrell Holman wrote:
> Hi. I am running Redhat version 5.0, MetroX, and the TriTeal CDE. The
> problem that I'm having is that my hard drive light comes on at boot-up and
> stays on until I turn the machine off. I know that this is not normal, but
> I don't know what is causing it (and I've looked and looked for info.) I'm
> running a dual boot and my other OS reads the hard drive periodically, as
> you'd expect.
>
> I'm using a Compaq 233 with 48Mb of RAM and an IDE drive and I'm logging in
> as root. I'd appreciate any help anyone can give.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Darrell Holman
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