[Gllug] top-like command for disk io ?

[Russell Howe]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 12:57:38AM +0100, salsaman wrote:
> Russell Howe wrote:
> 
> >
> >As for reducing disk accesses on a laptop, be sure to make sure that the
> >kernel has detected "laptop mode"
> >
> I did dmesg | grep -i laptop, but I don't see anything.

Try
http://blog.unixdaemon.net/cgi-bin/blosxom.pl/operatingsystems/linux/proc_block_dump.html

for Dean's take

Also, see Documentation/laptop-mode.txt in the kernel source tree

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Russell Howe       | Why be just another cog in the machine,
rhowe at siksai.co.uk | when you can be the spanner in the works?
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