Re: HD spindown and fs cache writeback
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Hiya...
First see if a 'sync' process is running.. if it is, it will 'sync' the
buffers to disk every 30 to 60 seconds... maybe removing that will help
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Frank Petzold wrote:
> I would like my HD to spin down and stay down for some time, if the
> buffers in RAM are big enough. Therefore, I think I have to tell the
> kernel not to write out the fs cache as often. Where can I do that?
Mark Janssen Unix Consultant
Unix Support Nederland / PSInet Netherlands
E-mail: mark@markjanssen.homeip.net GnuPG Key Id: 357D2178
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