[Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

[Gabor CZIGOLA]

Changes in laptop-mode can not fix this, because laptop-mode is disabled
by default.

Even if enabled, you still have to explicitly set CONTROL_HD_POWERMGMT=1
in the configuration of laptop-mode.

BTW the reason why laptop-mode is fixing this problem is, that if the latter option is set, it calls hdparm -B with sane parameters. So it does the same as suggested before as a fix.
(But laptop-mode can not be enabled by default, because it is for laptops and because some models just freeze with it.)

Anyway, I blogged the solutions, I hope this gets resolved before
Hardy... http://www.gablog.eu/online/node/53

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High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695
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