Re: Tweaking cron for use on laptops

1996-12-13 Thread Michael Shields
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are a few things that could be modified to facilitate spinning > down the disk. Syslogd is compulsive about writing information to the > disk right away just in case the system crashes. It could be given an > option to

Re: Tweaking cron for use on laptops

1996-12-10 Thread Bruce Perens
Martin> Unless I intentionally remove the Martin> cron package form this machine, the hard drive will not Martin> spin down. There are a few things that could be modified to facilitate spinning down the disk. Syslogd is compulsive about writing information to the disk right away just in case the s

Tweaking cron for use on laptops

1996-12-10 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Martin" == Martin Gallant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> I have been running Debian on my laptop for a few months Martin> now. Good job guys. Unless I intentionally remove the Martin> cron package form this machine, the hard drive will not Martin> spin down. What wou

Tweaking cron for use on laptops

1996-12-08 Thread Martin Gallant
I have been running Debian on my laptop for a few months now. Good job guys. Unless I intentionally remove the cron package form this machine, the hard drive will not spin down. What would be nice is if I could configure cron to only run say once per hour. That way I could take advantage of the