Re: [reiserfs-list] Frequent disk accesses (sync?) on laptop

2001-06-12 Thread Chris Mason
On Tuesday, June 12, 2001 02:00:36 AM +0200 Jens Benecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > when working on files (i.e. having open files) on my laptop reiserfs > accesses the disk every 5 seconds. this effectively prevents the disk from > spinning down, i.e. APM modes to take over, even

Re: [reiserfs-list] Frequent disk accesses (sync?) on laptop

2001-06-12 Thread Xuan Baldauf
Chris Mason wrote: > On Tuesday, June 12, 2001 02:00:36 AM +0200 Jens Benecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > when working on files (i.e. having open files) on my laptop reiserfs > > accesses the disk every 5 seconds. this effectively prevents the disk from > > spinning down, i.

Re: [reiserfs-list] Frequent disk accesses (sync?) on laptop

2001-06-14 Thread Hans Reiser
Xuan Baldauf wrote: > > Chris Mason wrote: > > > On Tuesday, June 12, 2001 02:00:36 AM +0200 Jens Benecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > when working on files (i.e. having open files) on my laptop reiserfs > > > accesses the disk every 5 seconds. this effectively preve

RE: [reiserfs-list] Frequent disk accesses (sync?) on laptop

2001-06-14 Thread Brent Graveland
> Xuan Baldauf wrote: > > > > Chris Mason wrote: > > > > > On Tuesday, June 12, 2001 02:00:36 AM +0200 Jens Benecke > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > when working on files (i.e. having open files) on my > laptop reiserfs > > > > accesses the disk every 5 seconds

Re: [reiserfs-list] Frequent disk accesses (sync?) on laptop

2001-06-14 Thread Dirk Mueller
On Fre, 15 Jun 2001, Jens Benecke wrote: > ugh... ugly. Can you mount reiserfs 'noatime', like ext2? IIUC, this would > solve my problem. sure you can! Dirk

Re: [reiserfs-list] Frequent disk accesses (sync?) on laptop

2001-06-17 Thread Federico Sevilla III
On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 at 00:57, Dirk Mueller wrote: > > Can you mount reiserfs 'noatime' > sure you can! I've been mounting my ReiserFS partitions using "noatime" for quite awhile, and everything seems to be in order. I am wondering, though, there is a mount option for ext2fs, "nodiratime", which t

Re: [reiserfs-list] Frequent disk accesses (sync?) on laptop

2001-06-17 Thread Henrik Nordstrom
Federico Sevilla III wrote: > I've been mounting my ReiserFS partitions using "noatime" for quite > awhile, and everything seems to be in order. I am wondering, though, there > is a mount option for ext2fs, "nodiratime", which turns off access time > updates for directories. Is this a valid mount

Re: [reiserfs-list] Frequent disk accesses (sync?) on laptop

2001-06-18 Thread Nikita Danilov
Federico Sevilla III writes: > On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 at 00:57, Dirk Mueller wrote: > > > Can you mount reiserfs 'noatime' > > sure you can! > > I've been mounting my ReiserFS partitions using "noatime" for quite > awhile, and everything seems to be in order. I am wondering, though, there > i

Re: [reiserfs-list] Frequent disk accesses (sync?) on laptop

2001-06-22 Thread Russell Coker
On Saturday 16 June 2001 21:37, Hans Reiser wrote: > > It's the atime update. every time you run 'sync', the sync program's > > atime is updated. the next sync writes this atime update, then sync > > gets updated again... > > thanks brent, nikita make a faq entry out of this. I have my ReiserFS

Re: [reiserfs-list] Frequent disk accesses (sync?) on laptop

2001-06-24 Thread Tom Vier
if you're using bash, it's writing to ~/.bash_history. On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:33:29AM +0200, Russell Coker wrote: > I have my ReiserFS partitions mounted with noatime running 2.4.5. Every > time I run sync I get disk access so atime does not explain the situation. -- Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [reiserfs-list] Frequent disk accesses (sync?) on laptop

2001-06-24 Thread Russell Coker
On Sunday 24 June 2001 19:26, Tom Vier wrote: > if you're using bash, it's writing to ~/.bash_history. Good guess but the .bash_history file is only updated on logout. See the following: rjc@lyta:~$ tail -f .bash_history & [1] 25664 fg man bon_csv2html cd cd debian/bonnie++-1.92b/ less bon_cs