---------- Original Message ----------- From: Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> To: shrike <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:01:55 -0500 Subject: Re: hard drive access every few seconds... > Once upon a time, Eric Wood <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > > magicdev is stat'ing /etc/mtab and open'ing /dev/cdrom every second. The > > filesystem must flush the atime change every few seconds. So, how about > > stat'ing /proc/mounts instead? > > I've seen this suggested several times. Have any of the people > suggesting it actually _tried_ it? Hint: it doesn't do what you think. > > However, actually reading /proc/mounts is probably low enough overhead > (since it will usually only be one block), and wouldn't touch the > hard disk. ------- End of Original Message ------- What does magicdev do? Can it be turned off or removed? I got rid of Cups for much the same reason and would not mind zapping magicdev. What would be lost (the entire system probably <grin>) by it not running. I looked for doco and did not find any.
