Re: What's using my harddisk? or, how to silence my computer

[" Raymond A. Ingles" <inglesra@frc.com>]

On Sat, 12 Dec 1998, Stefan Baums wrote:

> Hi all!
> 
> I'm using Debian (the most recent packages) on a laptop with a pretty
> noisy harddisk (a Toshiba harddisk inside an HP Omnibook), and I'm
> sick to death of hearing it all the time I'm using my computer (and, of
> course, it's draining the battery as well).

 Check out the battery-powered Linux HOWTO at the ldp.

 http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles          (248)377-7735        ray.ingles@fanucrobotics.com

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