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Michael Sullivan <michael <at> espersunited.com> writes: |
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> Is there a tool similar to `top` that will tell me what's using my hard |
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> drive? My hard drive clicks a lot when I don't think it should, and I'd |
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> really like to know what program is using it. Sometimes it's so bad |
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> that I have to manually power down the machine and restart it... |
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Using a variety of tools will help you discover the offending processes. |
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Here are my suggestions, all in portage |
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hddtemp, to see if the drive is overheating. |
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pstree to see a simple graphical representation of your processes |
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hdparm to see check your hard drive (ide) settings |
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You have many good suggestions from others. Keep looking until you |
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find what is curious and then post back, if you cannot find a solution. |
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hth, |
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James |
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