@ Pjotr Just found this and tried it. It makes no difference. Thanks anyway.
I am now running 12.04LTS, and the problem is unsolved. I suspect this bug should be marked as a duplicate of Bug 595138 ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/568120 Title: [Lucid] hdparm.conf change doesn't have effect To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hdparm/+bug/568120/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs