[Dclug] Continuous hard drive activity on Linux

[harvey]

There might be a better command but to see the processes that are running,
I use "ps -A".  If I want to see more information I also use "ps -eaux".

Betty


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> Hi,
>
> I just installed Ubuntu. The LED on my hard drive flashes about
> once/second. I don't know why but would like help finding out why. It
> does it even if the system is idle. Could you tell me what commands to
> run to see what is causing this activity?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lee G.
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