Does OpenSuse have a net-install or something minimal I can test without downloading a full CD? I think it's a question of which disk drivers are being used, ide-generic, libata or whatever they are called.
As mentioned earlier, I have bug #71040 as well, which makes it reboot when I choose shutdown. If I choose Reboot there is no noise, but if I choose Shutdown I get the noise, even though the reboot seems to shut off the laptop completely for a second or two before starting again. So for me the drive-friendly way to shut down is to reboot, enter grub command mode and enter halt, then turn off. -- bad hard disk noise on shutdown https://launchpad.net/bugs/67810 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
