Mattias Dahlberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 5 Feb 2002, Frederik Himpe wrote: > >> Could the slocate cronscript in /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron be changed >> to exclude directories in /mnt: >> #!/bin/sh >> /usr/bin/slocate -c -u -e /mnt >> >> This will stop many complaints from people asking why there hard drive >> is trashing and slowing down the system just after they boot to Mandrake. > > I second this. I know for a fact that the heavy duty disk access caused by > slocate at boot disappoints a lot of users who decide to give Linux a try. > > Sure, slocating the entire hard drive is probably useful, but perhaps more > users would find it useful if the disk thrashing stopped?
hum slocate is anacroned and should only start 15 min after boot or alike, isn't it ? -- Warly
