On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:07, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 07:28, George Baker wrote: > > Last night a process called "syslogd -m" started and my hard drive went > > mad for over 7 hours until I killed the process. What is it doing and how > > often - will it always carry on for so long or was it just a once off due > > to me moving MDK to a new drive?? > > > > Please advise > > > > George > > That almost sounds as though a syslog ain't been run on yer system > before - ya oughta let it run once - at least...
Open a terminal window and type "man syslogd". You need it. I suspect it was 4 in the morning when it started churning away? -- Michael
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