Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 12:01:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 12:00:45 -0400 Received: from c2ce9fba.adsl.oleane.fr ([194.206.159.186]:18090 "EHLO avalon.france.sdesigns.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 12:00:19 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: periodic scsi hard disk noise due to regular flushes? From: Emmanuel Michon Date: 16 Apr 2002 18:00:17 +0200 Message-ID: <7wbscjvdke.fsf@avalon.france.sdesigns.com> Lines: 33 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, my recent IBM SCSI drive (18GB IC35L018UWD210-0) connected to an old Adaptec AHA-2940 UW adapter make as very irritating high pitched noise (as if it were parking/unparking his heads?) periodically with the following intervals: 1min35 2min12 5min03 2min14 1min02 4min09 4min14 3min18 1min06 1min04 It runs in ext3, journalling has commit interval set to 5sec. Does something happen in the kernel with a about 1min05 interval? Is there some way to keep it busy? My kernel is 2.4.7-10 Thanks for any reply to this strange request ;-) -- Emmanuel Michon Chef de projet REALmagic France SAS Mobile: 0614372733 GPGkeyID: D2997E42 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/