bug in ubuntu "kill" hardrive

[Derek Broughton]

Nils Kassube wrote:

> Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>> "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen at gmail.com>  said:
>> > The bug is in the default hard drive configuration as set by the
>> > manufacturer. The reason that Windows does not hammer the drive is
>> > because Windows has yet another bug, which causes the OS to ignore
>> > the drive's default configuration settings. So there you have what I
>> > like to call an even number of bugs, which 'fix' each other.
>>
>> <tin-hat mode>
>> Sounds like an under-the-table agreement between M$ and HD manufacturer
>> to discredit Linux!
>> </tin-hat mode>
> 
> Oh, great! I love conspiracy theories (epecially about MS), but this is
> not true. Otherwise there would be the same conspiracy with previous
> Linux distributions. I.e. Ubuntu Dapper doesn't have the bug.

I don't think that's true either.  Dapper would have the bug, if it had
strigi, beagle, and who knows how many other apps continuously hammering
the drives.
-- 
derek