Gutsy kills your laptop drive

[Mark M Lambert]

I apologise if this is old news. An alarming article here [1] and
here [2] referring to this bug [3].
Apparently there is a problem on laptops running Gutsy on
batteries that causes the hard disk to go through a load cycle
every minute and this dramatically decreases the lifespan of the
disk.
[1]
[1]http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=586999732&eid=-50
[2]
[2]http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/31/ubuntu-
eats-lappy-hard-drive
[3] [3]https://launchpad.net/bug59695.html ... includes several
work-arounds.
I had noticed my Thinkpad making clicking noises when on
batteries, I assumed this was because the poor thing is old and
tired!

References

1. http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=586999732&eid=-50
2. http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/31/ubuntu-eats-lappy-hard-drive
3. https://launchpad.net/bug59695.html
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