Matthieu:
I agree that this is an issue that has probably shed more negative light
on Ubuntu specificly than on any other distribution. The best way that
we can avoid a fiasco such as this is to fix the problems that come up
as soon as possible. The evidence of the length of time it took to
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Brian,
I do agree with you... it seems that hdparm has no effect on my HD APM
settings.
To answer your questions, I think I'm using well hdparm -- I fixed the
click problem of a friend computer by this way -- and the Samsung tool
is working (I used 2 differents version, both on bootable CD's).
S
Mathieu:
Yes, your load cycle count seems to be increasing rapidly. However, the tool
that is used to affect this is either being used improperly by you, or isn't
able to handle the disk you have (likely because the disk is nonstandard).
Using the disk manufacturer's tool to check the settings o
@slasher-fun : Well, I do have a huge amount of Load_Cycle_Count, since
I hear them 5 to 10 times in a minute (today I have a total value of
1711 !!). I don't know how the Power_On_Hours is counted... With actual
increase rate, my HDD will die within one year (he is only 3 days old)!
@Brian Visel
