Maybe it is/was better to poll the hard drive on effected systen every x seconds to prevent spinning down but still let use the ohter features of apm. Maybe the hardware vendors/ hard driver producers should be contacted how they deal with it under Windows.
-- High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs