In order to be able to make apm 254 work for some drives (particularly certain samsung drives) people need to do : sudo smartctl -o on /dev/sda
At least two people have confirmed this. For example see http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3672087&postcount=18 -- 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
