Re: (for gurus) a process access HDD

[Andrew Schulman <andrex@alumni.utexas.net>]

> I am using the " hdparm -S 1 /dev/hda" command to keep the HDD quite while I 
> am reading some pdf's
> 
> but the problem is that there is a process running and ask for data from the 
> HDD which reactivate the HDD again and I am losing the "quietness" 
> 
> unfortionatly the "top" command did not help

Try: fuser /dev/hda .  You'll probably get a long list of processes, but 
you should be able to guess or figure out which ones are the culprits.

Good luck,
Andrew.