Comment 166 for bug 59695
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| Brian Ealdwine (eode) wrote Re: [Bug 59695] Re: default value in power.sh potentially kills laptop disks | #166 |
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But note also that with how often Ubuntu touches the disk, it will quite
simply never park the heads, even if it is inactive. Actually, the
aggressive APM isn't really the issue (although it will, obviously,
affect the live to some extent), it's more that Ubuntu touches the HD on
a regular basis, thus making any park pointless -- and when combined
with aggressive parking on the drive, this sends the park count through
the roof.
On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 20:51 +0000, Guy Van Sanden wrote:
> guys, please read the follow up to that article. Ubuntu only changes this setting when laptop_mode is on, which it isn't by default.
> If laptop mode is off, but it is cycling that often, then it is caused by the default setting in your BIOS
>