I definitely experienced this bug with my laptop in Gutsy. Some people may have had this problem in Feisty as well.
The bug is also *technically* present in Windows...except Windows is too busy constantly polling the hard disk to let it idle even for a second. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:24 AM, Vincenzo Ciancia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I am now testing intrepid and even tough I don't have deadlocks, the bug > is there, load cycles increase. Was this a bug also in previous > releases? Is it also a bug in windows? -- High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs