Why Is My Harddrive So Busy Under Kanotix

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> I notice that the harddrive spins & spins whenever I am running Kanotix but
> is relatively quiet under XP

Try different hdparm settings first, like hdparm -S 120.

If that doesn't work, there is some disk activity that prevents your disk from spinning off. Things you may want to try:

Use 'noatime' in fstab
Look for services that access the disk (like KDE 'Media Manager') and disable as necessary.
Look for unwanted logging activity and cron jobs.
Use daemons like 'noflushhd' to prevent the kernel from dumping dirty cached data too frequently.

There are probably other tricks to try, maybe others will chip in.

ice 25.08.2005