On 10/31/07, ಓಂ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > for people using Ubuntu on Laptop... > > http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/30/1742258 >
I am using OpenSuse on my HP Laptop. Tried the command smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sda | grep 193; hdparm -B 180 /dev/sda; sleep 600; \ smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sda | grep 193; hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda The load cycle count did not increase. It has stayed constant at 20879. I referred https://launchpad.net/bug59695.html & http://paul.luon.net/journal/hacking/BrokenHDDs.html Cheers Aditya
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