Bruce Badger wrote: > I'm running a Woody system (installed from the SLUG/Debian CD, needless > to say :-) ), and there is something going on that is causing the disk > to be constantly accessed. It's like a constant tapping sound as the > disk is being hit. > > How can I find out what process is accessing the disk? Is there a cool > monitor out there that I can use to find out?
"ps ax" will list all the processes running. If its making the disk actually sound like tapping then it must be accessing it a lot and that may show up as something high in the process list shown by running the command "top". You may have to guess a bit on what might be causing it. I find that I can hear programs like snort running as it accesses the disk and got so annoyed by it I removed it - I just wanted it for a while to play with it. Alternatively your disk may be having hardware problems and may be about to fail. so basically run `ps ax` and `top` and see what there is running. -- Mike Lake Uni of Technol., Sydney UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER ======================================================================== This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. ======================================================================== -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
