> I had a similar effect some time ago on a SuSE box. In my case I > could make that repeating disk access to stop by mounting that > specific *reiserfs* partition with the 'noatime' option.
Is there any problem with setting the fs to noatime? It keeps the file access time from being updated. Do any programs rely on that? I'll give this a try, too, i think. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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