@jokeman: Some newer drives are very quiet about the clicking. I would suggest inquiring on sourceforge, in hdparm's forums. The bug of not being able to change APM levels is different. You may even want to file a bug (or check to see if a bug already exists) with the hdparm package.
@General It would be a good idea to bear in mind the whole issue of drives which cannot change their APM status. This bug still hasn't had the 'ugly fix' released for Ubuntu, which is important to get done. But even when that's done, the deeper issue of frequent disk access needs to be addressed. Any news on progress for this? On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 20:41 +0000, jokeman wrote: > Quick test: > Gateway 7330GZ (PC Linux, Fujitsu HD 80 GB, no clicking) with over 66,000 > load cycles ~60 load cycles per hour: > with -B 255 it completely stops the load cycles. > > DELL 1400 (Ubuntu, Toshiba HD 160 GB, no clicking) 4,500 load cycles ~60 load > cycles per hour: > -B 255 or -B 244 did not change the load cycles. > > Same DELL with Windows XP, Sp 2: ~60 load cycles per hour (no clicks). > Changing power management settings did not do anything. > -- 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 the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
