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  1. Bug #59695
  2. Comment #682

Comment 682 for bug 59695

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Adam McGreggor (adam-amyl) wrote : Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 01:46:54AM -0000, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Thanks to all who have helped verify that this fix is correct for
> intrepid. Are there any users following this bug who are using hardy?

Yeap ;)

> Since 8.04 is an LTS release, it stands to reason that there are some
> users who might like to ensure their hard drives outlast the 3-year
> desktop support cycle, so I would very much like us to be able to roll
> this fix into the upcoming 8.04.2 point release.

Might have a chance mid-late next week, to test (although I may need to
revert to pre-hackery... don't think i repo'd these changes).