The definitive patches [1] [2] have been merged in mainstream 2.6.22rc1. I opened the bug #114683 to request changes in upstart shutdown(8).
[1] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9666f4009c22f6520ac3fb8a19c9e32ab973e828 [2] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=920a4b1038e442700a1cfac77ea7e20bd615a2c3 -- bad hard disk noise on shutdown https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67810 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs