Garrett Cooper <[email protected]> writes:
> Agreed. Spinning down at reboot isn't smart and seems like a good way
> to kill a disk quicker.

*not* spinning down at halt is far worse.  Most modern disks are rated
for hundreds of thousands of load-unload cycles, but far fewer emergency
unloads (which is what happens when the drive loses power while still
spinning).

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [email protected]
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