[mythtv-users] Any ideas how to make my hard drive shut up?

[Greg Cope]

crond?
syslog syncing?  Place a - in front of the file path - look at the man page.

Something else?

As root

echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/block_dump

Then look at dmesg to see what is using the disk - best not to do this
whilst recording!

To stop;

echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/block_dump

Greg

On 30/05/06, Richard Bronosky <mythtv at bronosky.com> wrote:
> Here is my system:
> http://bronosky.com/index.php?p=21
>
> I've been happy with it for several months now, but I'm started to get
> annoyed with the HD performance.  I opted for the HD with 16MB of
> cache, I have 512MB of RAM but for some reason the HD is constantly
> grinding.  I get the feeling that my system isn't using it's hardware
> optimally.  I would think that 512MB would be plenty of RAM for a
> PVR-500 FE/BE system.  However, during playback most of the time the
> HD never stops grinding.
>
> BTW, this is KnoppMyth R5B7
>
> Ideas?
>
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