another way to fix the issue although I haven't investigated which parameters are best :
http://www.suselinuxsupport.de/wikka.php?wakka=HowToSaveYourLaptopHD http://mishameteo.blogspot.com/2007/10/ubuntu-default-acpi-settings-decreases.html http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=294594#p294594 http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?p=393299&sid=46e5b548a1693fcf6f7e15316f904360#393299 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/59695/comments/63 http://www.nabble.com/-Cooker--Laptop-hard-drives-and-unnecessarily-high-Load_Cycle_Count-t4730198.html ** Bug watch added: Mandriva Linux #35315 http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=35315 ** Also affects: acpi-support (Mandriva) via http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=35315 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Hard drive spindown should be configurable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/17216 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
