[NTLUG:Discuss] Debian hard drive crankiness

[Kenneth Loafman]

On Debian the times for the cron jobs seem to be random between setups. 
Check the /etc/crontab for /etc/cron.daily stuff and change the time to 
something more convenient.

...Ken


Moses McKnight wrote:

> Howdy all,
> 
> I run Debian unstable, and a while back after some upgrade/install the 
> hard drive now cranks every morning about 7:30 AM for about 20 minutes 
> rendering the computer unusable in the meantime.  I think it's the 
> updatedb program updating the database for finding files quickly.  How 
> do I turn this off, uninstall it, or at least tell it to run at 1:00 AM 
> or something?
> 
> Thanks,
> Moses McKnight
> 
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