bug in ubuntu "kill" hardrive

[Nils Kassube]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Nils Kassube wrote:
> > I have tested the existance of the bug with Dapper, Gutsy and Windows
> > XP Pro when it was mentioned on Slashdot. The short version of the
> > test result: I could only verify it with Gutsy. But considering the
> > date of the bug report, it probably existed since Feisty. The long
> > version can be found in the archive of ubuntu-users and/or
> > kubuntu-users (if you want to read some numbers which apply only for
> > my disk).
>
> It's not conceivable that with the same amount and type of I/O that the
> same situation wouldn't happen in Dapper - ie, it's not a kernel issue,
> it's an I/O issue.

With Dapper, at least my disk doesn't unload the head, i.e. the problem of 
repeated load/unload doesn't exist.


Nils