Re: unknown io writes in 2.6.16

David Rees
2006-05-10T21:42:26Z

On 5/10/06, Mark Hedges <hedges@ucsd.edu> wrote:
> I stop every non-kernel process except syslogd, klogd and the
> tty's. Interfaces are down. It is still in default runlevel.
> But the disk keeps clicking away.
>
> Any idea what's doing these writes?

It's most likely atime updates. Mount the partitions with noatime
option and your writes will go away.

-Dave