Dear All, My 12" PowerBook, bought in may 2004 with a 60Gb hard disk, is mostly running Linux/Debian/Sid with self-compiled kernel 2.6.10 with powermanagement & lid management patches (I'm booting MacOSX only for Wifi and -very rarely [did it 2 times]- for watching DVDs) and its hard disk is dying. I use it mostly with the cover closed, thru ssh, using the AC power supply. But I do carry it and use it on batteries when needed...
Does the power management of Linux (which did make a progress lately) has a practical influence on hard disk reliability. I think that having the hard disk failing after 9 months is disappointing. I intend to replace the hard disk with something a bit better (80Gb, 5400RPM), like eg a 80Gb hard disk 5400RPM eg Hitachi Travelstar 5K80 80 Go 2"1/2 5400 RPM 8 Mb/cache or Samsung MP0804H. Is it a reasonable choice (notably in terms of reliability & power consumption). Do you have hints or advice (eg good models or horror stories) for changing the hard disk? Regards. -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ email: basile<at>starynkevitch<dot>net aliases: basile<at>tunes<dot>org = bstarynk<at>nerim<dot>net 8, rue de la Faïencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
