[NTLUG:Discuss] Debian hard drive crankiness

[Moses McKnight]

Thanks for the help.  I have been somewhat confused by anacron vs. cron and 
didn't know quite where to look.  I set it to run earlier and will see if that 
helps.  Would there be any ill effects if I didn't run updatedb/slocate?

Moses

Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> 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
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> Moses McKnight wrote:
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>> 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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