Stock Ubuntu Feisty on HP 6715s: $ sudo smartctl -ad ata /dev/sda |grep Load_Cycle; sleep 300; sudo smartctl -ad ata /dev/sda |grep Load_Cycle 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 095 095 000 Old_age Always - 58565 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 095 095 000 Old_age Always - 58574
So it makes 9 cycles in 5 minutes. Information from hdparm is in attachment. ** Attachment added: "hdparm -i;hdparm -I" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10333501/hdparm.txt -- 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