[ltp] A21m won't park /dev/hda

Tod Harter linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:30:01 -0500


You might try experimenting with the "lsof" command to determine what files 
are in use. It can be a bit tricky to use, but it might be helpful. 

On Wednesday 14 November 2001 03:49, you wrote:
> On Wednesday, 14. November 2001 00:58, Tom Allison wrote:
> > Tino Keitel wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, 13. November 2001 23:02, Tom Allison wrote:
> > >>Tino Keitel wrote:
> > >>>Do you use a journaling FS?
> > >>
> > >>No.  Does it help or hurt?
> > >
> > > It definitely hurts.
> > >
> > > Tino
> > >
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> > What could I watch for that might give me some idea what's not behaving
> > in power savings?  Could I try to capture anything on the logs?
> > Or where do I look?
>
> To find out what process keeps the hard drive spinning you could use ps to
> see what processes exist and kill the one by one (or use the init-scripts
> to stop them), each time listening to the hard drive to see if the process
> you just killed kept the hard drive spinning.
>
> Tino
>
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