Confirmed behaviour in fedora 8, on dell xps m1210 with both 80gb hitachi and 120gb seagate. On resume drive aggressively spins down.
Fix: add "99-hdd-spin-fix.sh" to /etc/pm/config.d /etc/pm/sleep.d /etc/pm/power.d where "99-hdd-spin-fix.sh" Contains the lines: #!/bin/sh hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda Where /dev/sda is the effected disc. ** Changed in: acpi-support (Fedora) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- 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 the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs