2008/11/23 Mackenzie Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 08:30 -0500, Chris wrote: >> I keep on hearing about how this bug has never been fixed, >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/59695 >> >> Is this just Linux FUD being spread around? Or is this a "real" bug? > > The way I understand it, it's technically a hardware issue since some > hard drive manufacturers set their hard drives to settings that wear > them down faster and then you have to buy more hard drives more > often...which I guess is good for them. Some distros try to force the > hard drive to do different things than what the hard drive is set to do > to stop that from happening. Ubuntu's not one of them. It goes with > trusting the manufacturer regarding what's best for the drive...just > doesn't help when the manufacturer's getting it wrong. >
It should be added that Windows ignores the hard drive manufacturer's settings by default and provides very conservative settings of it's own, which prolong drive life. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
