Comment 363 for bug 59695

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Daniel Bermudez G. (nergar) wrote : Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

I agree, the lack of a working fix is very disappointing but I really
don't think there is a lack of effort to solve it.

BTW your comment doesn't help at all, instead of making threats why
don't you try talking to Dell about your problem, after all you have a
warranty and they should give you a solution that works for you.

On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 22:07 +0000, Beads wrote:
> I cannot believe the lack of attention that this bug is getting. I would
> try to fix it, but I'm still a noob. I used several different fixes, and
> my HD either overheats or the load cycle doesn't slow down. I think that
> if no progress in made by release 8.04, I'm either going to search for
> another distro or maybe go back to Windows, although I shudder at the
> thought.
>
> I don't need my laptop ruined over a lack of effort by software
> developers. I just spent all my money on getting one with Ubuntu pre-
> installed from Dell. (I'm pretty much broke now!)
>