[Bug 454301] Re: warning given about disk health due to smart not being enabled

2010-02-27 Thread Eric D
Ok, I figured there had to be a simple work-around. There is! Create a swap file and use that instead of a swap partition. This will drastically reduce the number of unnecessary writes that your (irreplaceable) internal SD has to experience (especially if you have 0.5 GB of RAM). https://help.ubun

[Bug 454301] Re: warning given about disk health due to smart not being enabled

2010-02-27 Thread Eric D
I've got an Eee PC 4G (701) (in use since March of 2008 with Xandros) and Ubuntu 9.10 reports this error on the internal solid state drive after being woken up. I'm guessing the problem is with the fact that SD cards are not designed for high volumes of write operations and the virtual memory/swap