The suggestion in the bug report and here: http://www.linux-hero.com/rant/explanation-ubuntu-hard-drive-wear-and-tear#comment-5
is that it's most likely the BIOS' default setting causing this high rate of unloading, and that unless you've enabled laptop mode (disabled by default) Ubuntu doesn't adjust the drive settings. Not sure about the situation with older machines BIOS date <2000 where apm is used instead of acpi. Simon. On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:41:13 -0600 "Rick Norman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not sure how much of an issue this is, but the Ubuntu devs have marked > it as confirmed, so I just wanted to pass it along in case anyone else hits > it. > > Does this amount of spin down seem excessive? > > Rick _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
