On 10/31/07, ಓಂ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
for people using Ubuntu on Laptop...
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/30/1742258
I am using OpenSuse on my HP Laptop.
Tried the command
smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sda | grep 193; hdparm -B 180 /dev/sda; sleep 600; \
smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sda | grep 193; hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda
The load cycle count did not increase. It has stayed constant at 20879.
I referred https://launchpad.net/bug59695.html
http://paul.luon.net/journal/hacking/BrokenHDDs.html
Cheers
Aditya
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