On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 07:01:49AM +0530, Mayuresh wrote: > On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 07:17:10PM -0000, Michael van Elst wrote: > > If the load cycle count increases, then the hard drive is probably > > configured for power saving. This is a bad choice for a disk with > > read-write mounted filesystems. NetBSD doesn't configure the drive > > by itself, but the BIOS may.
In the old times, the disks used to park the heads on a safe zone to protect the recording area from head crashes, should the disk experience shocks while operating. I don't know if the modern disks are doing the same. -jm
