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Old 03-04-2002, 11:55 PM   #1
Cichlid
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Question HDD always running?


Since I've installed SuSE, the LED for my HDD doesn't turn off? Even if I'm loading a program, instead of it flickering, it's just on all the time? In windows it's off most of the time. Do I have to twick something?

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Old 03-05-2002, 12:01 AM   #2
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run this command

top


it will list processes running

see if something is staying at the top of the list when this happens.

could be log files being written for some reason, maybe some debugging is enabled.


the other thing to check is ram, is it using virtual memory?


can you hear the drive running? make sure it's not just the light.

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Old 03-05-2002, 08:47 PM   #3
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I used to hav smilar prob bcoz of DMA
try turnin DMA off

#hdparm -d0 /dev/hdX

where X is one of a,b,c,d
most probably ur HDD must be primary master in that case use hda
 
  


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