Re: Stop Hard Drive fromn Thrashing

2016-04-24 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2016-04-22 at 11:25 -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I have installed Debian v-8.4.0. > > My hard drive keeps running and I would like to know what is > happening.   > Google does not seem to be too friendly. > > Any pointers in the right direction will be much appreciated. > > Thanks i

Re: Stop Hard Drive fromn Thrashing

2016-04-24 Thread Udyant Wig
On 04/24/2016 05:36 PM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > Not using swap or browser. > Try iotop. -- Udyant Wig Software projects: https://bitbucket.org/udyant Poetry: http://www.writing.com/main/portfolio/view/frosthrone

Re: Stop Hard Drive fromn Thrashing

2016-04-24 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 04/22/2016 01:17 PM, David Wright wrote: On Fri 22 Apr 2016 at 11:25:15 (-0400), Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have installed Debian v-8.4.0. My hard drive keeps running and I would like to know what is happening. Google does not seem to be too friendly. Not a lot to go on there. (Turn off

Re: Stop Hard Drive fromn Thrashing

2016-04-22 Thread Michael Jones
On 22/04/16 16:25, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > My hard drive keeps running and I would like to know what is happening. > Google does not seem to be too friendly. > > Any pointers in the right direction will be much appreciated. sudo apt-get install iotop sudo iotop -o (will show applications do

Re: Stop Hard Drive fromn Thrashing

2016-04-22 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 11:25:15AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I have installed Debian v-8.4.0. > > My hard drive keeps running and I would like to know what is > happening. Google does not seem to be too friendly. > > Any pointers in the righ

Re: Stop Hard Drive fromn Thrashing

2016-04-22 Thread David Wright
On Fri 22 Apr 2016 at 11:25:15 (-0400), Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I have installed Debian v-8.4.0. > > My hard drive keeps running and I would like to know what is > happening. Google does not seem to be too friendly. Not a lot to go on there. (Turn off the computer, says the cynic.) What were

Re: Stop Hard Drive fromn Thrashing

2016-04-22 Thread Kent West
On 04/22/2016 10:25 AM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have installed Debian v-8.4.0. My hard drive keeps running and I would like to know what is happening. Google does not seem to be too friendly. Any pointers in the right direction will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Try shutting