[Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

[Steve Langasek]

On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 08:23:35PM -0000, Ciso wrote:
> So to check if the patch works what I need?
> Only the "proposed" acpi-support package and to enable by hand the
> laptop-mode?

No.  You need to install the -proposed acpi-support package and restart your
system for the changed settings to take effect.  You should *not* need to
enable laptop-mode to see the effects of this bugfix.

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High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime
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