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How do I minimize idle I/O on Linux to decrease noise?
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If I put Linux on my machine, what steps should I take so that it ONLY tries to access the hard drive when I physically work on it. i.e., the grinding sounds are annoying me when I try to fall asleep.
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You can use iotop (preferably with a large interval and the option) to find out which program is writing to disk. If you have enough RAM, you may also want to turn off swap with: , or permanently by removing the swap line from . The typical culprits…
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