- the disk still gets accessed now and then, probably by various logging daemons. i searched these forums and the web for likely phrases that would catch info on disabling all disk-access activity by loggers, but found nothing relevant. does anyone remember if there was anything like this discussed here? does anyone have experience with software means of quieting linux boxes?
- the disk is listed as having reasonably benign noise characteristics, but in a silent machine with fairly unobstructed air flow this isn't silent. the drive has an annoying high pitch whine that would have been drowned by a fan, but is audible in a silent box. it's a much more annoying noise than what i get in another fanless EPIA-M system with seagate's 3.5" 7200.7 drive. the 2.5" drive is currently hard-mounted in a simple metal shell that comes standard in 2699. after ralf hutter's enthusiastic reports about using sorbothane, the i am considering remounting the disk using it, but will that kill the high-pitched noise?
comments?