Gutsy kills your laptop drive

[Karl Goetz]

On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 14:47 +1100, Mark M Lambert wrote:
> I apologise if this is old news. An alarming article here [1] and here
> [2] referring to this bug [3].

s/alarming/alarmist ?
kk

> 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!