bug in ubuntu "kill" hardrive

[David Vincent]

manuel mizael gonzalez pereira wrote:
> is true that there is a bug that makes that the hard disk  get killed?

i wrote:
> you're probably referring to this bug:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/59695

to which manuel mizael gonzales pereria wrote:
 > So, is true that bug, no? well it seems that ubuntu haas a weak point

to which i replied:
manuel, please don't top post.

you did actually read the bug report right?  did you see this line:

"This problem has been confirmed in Ubuntu as well as in other 
distributions."

...which is a clear giveaway that this problem is not Ubuntu-specific. 
right at the top of the page they also list Mandriva, Fedora and Debian.

if you read that page you also saw there is a very easy workaround to 
the problem.  annoying?  yes.  weak point?  not really.  not to a 
competent user.

-d