On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 00:27:06 +0100, Vigil wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 16:31:44 -0500, smb wrote:
>
>> I see the hard disk light flicks on briefly every 5 secs or
>> so.
>
> If you're running a journalled filesystem, it could be that.
>

I don't think that's it, as I've two disks and they are both formatted
with the same filesystem. One spins down just fine.