Gutsy kills your laptop drive

[Dale]

Hi,

I have been watching the threads about the HDD problem and I have
noticed with stock Gutsy install my HDD is fine and I only get a few
Load_Cycle_Count in 3 hour period, But if I play with PowerTop and
activate some the power saving features it suggests when on battery
that is when my Load_Cycle_Count goes up real fast.

Regards
Dale

On 11/7/07, Mark M Lambert <mark+linux.ubuntu at marklambert.net> wrote:
>
>  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]
> 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 ... 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!
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