I can confirm this bug also. Worst of all, I'm using the Gutsy RC. I think one of the reasons this isn't reported very often is that its hard to tell its going on unless you're in a quiet room. For me, adding "sudo hdparm -B254 /dev/sda" to my rc.local made this excessive parking stop. Seriously, Ubuntu killing hard drives is not cool and will get bad press.
** Summary changed: - [Feisty] [Edgy] Ubuntu may eat Hard Drives due to overly-aggressive APM + [Gutsy RC] [Feisty] [Edgy] Ubuntu may eat Hard Drives due to overly-aggressive APM -- [Gutsy RC] [Feisty] [Edgy] Ubuntu may eat Hard Drives due to overly-aggressive APM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/92288 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