[tlinux-users:07562] Re: New ML7-181 : HardDisk LED is always ON

On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 06:33:01PM +0100, Werner Schulte wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I just got a new M70-181 Laptop and installed Ubuntu 5.10 on it.
> Everything worked smoothly, but I am in doubt, whether the harddisk is
> always
> acessed. At leats the harddisk lamp is always ON.
> 
> Any ideas about that ? Can I check / set the harddisks state ?
> 
> 
> Kernel : 2.6.12-10
> Harddisk : sda : sata drive
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Werner Schulte
Hi Werner,
some folks like to set 'noatime' in /etc/fstab. This means that there
will be less HD r/w access which may increase battery and decrease HD
use.
Cheers,
Kev
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