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Thomas Hobbes schrieb: |
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> Hi, |
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> there are some reports that Ubuntu GNU/Linux 7.10 "kills harddrive": |
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> http://ubuntudemon.wordpress.com/2007/10/28/laptop-hardrive-killer-bug-how-to-discover-whether-you-are-affected/ |
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> I can confirm this behaviour for FreeBSD 6.2 STABLE 200710 i386 and |
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> Gentoo Linux 2007.0 i386. My Load_Cycle_Count is increasing about 1 |
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> cycle per minute. |
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> There's the possibility to disable APM for one's harddisk to stop that |
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> behaviour. You can do: |
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> hdparm -B 255 /dev/yourharddisk |
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> That stops the Load_Cycle_Count's growth but reduces one's battery |
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> runtime. Is there a better way to weaken the possibility of killing |
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> one's harddrives? |
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> Best greetings |
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> Thomas |
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1. Configure and use laptop_mode. With it you can minimize the number |
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disk accesses while you are on battery and prevent the disk from |
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spinning down when you are not. |
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2. Create regular backups. With a laptop, load cycles are just one of |
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many threats to your HDD. |
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