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

[Steve Langasek]

On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 09:21:22PM -0000, Adam Porter wrote:
> Just FYI, when I installed the package from -proposed, I noticed the
> postinst script restarting the ACPI stuff in /etc/init.d and saw it
> set the PM mode then.  Is a restart still necessary?

Oh, I didn't think about this aspect.  Yes, the restart appears to apply the
settings from either /etc/acpi/battery.d or /etc/acpi/ac.d, so should set
the hdparm setting correctly.

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