On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 15:41, edwarner99@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > >Message: 3 > >Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 04:02:07 -0700 (PDT) > >From: <edwarner99@xxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Hard Disk Activity > >To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >Reply-To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > >Is there any way to determine what is causing > >excessive hard disk activity on my system. I don't > run > >a whole lot of processes, so I really don't know what > >the root (no pun intended) cause is. > > > >Perhaps a utility I could install? > >Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > >--__--__-- > > > >Message: 4 > >Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 14:28:33 +0307 > >From: Rick Malt <ric@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: Re: Hard Disk Activity > >Reply-To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > >1 . # top > >2 . # pstree [ -p ] > > > >Ric > > Those don't give me very much info. Top doesn't show > anything out of the ordinary. pstree, well is just a > tree of processes. > I'm looking for what's causing the disk activity, not > a list of processes. > ----- cat /etc/fstab if your partitions (any) are ext3, you have a filesystem which journals - meaning that changes are recorded like every 5 seconds. I suspect that is what you are asking about. Craig -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
