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Date:      Tue, 4 Jun 1996 20:45:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Shon Frazier <vtipres@mindspring.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HD spin
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960604204528.9627G-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960604154523.00678f70@pop.atl.mindspring.com>

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On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Shon Frazier wrote:

> I've successfully installed and can run FreeBSD on my machine.  I have
> noticed though that about a minute after login, my hard disk comes on and
> stays on.  Hard disk access doesn;t seem hindered by this.  Is this a problem?

I've noticed something similar, it sounds like it's slowly scanning the 
disk.  

I think it's the swap system.  Nothing to worry about though.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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