Parking is not bad and should not have side effects. On a new system ( just a few days old) running another OS Load_Cycle_Count is 3317. This parking means just moving the heads away, it does not stress the disk in any way . The spindown/spinup however, does (and does not help save energy if it is done too quickly )
-- default value in power.sh potentially kills laptop disks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 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