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Ubuntu May Be Killing Your Laptop's Hard Drive
wwrmn writes "There's a debate going on over at bugs.launchpad.net on whether it's the Ubuntu, BIOS, hard-drive manufacturer, or pick-any-player's fault, but Ubuntu (and perhaps any OS) may be dramatically shortening the life of your laptop's hard drive due to an aggressive power-saving feature / acpi bug / OS configuration. Regardless of where the fault lies or how it's fixed, you might want to take some actions now to try to prevent the damage."
It seems to be killing Slashdot's hard drives also!
I'll just buy another 4 hard drives with the money I saved not buying Vista!
FOXTROT UNIFORM CHARLIE KILO
Yeah, sure. Whatever it is, it can't be compared to the damage done to Ubuntu's launchpad after it was slashdotted.
:(
Once they control the fire and get the backup server online, maybe I'll be able to RTFA.
That's why I use windows. So I don't have to wonder who the culprit is ;)
^_^
This is the sig that says NI (again)
here is a good workaround: http://www.debian.org/
Politics is Treachery, Religion is Brainwashing
Bravo. Now we just need someone to blame this on Bush, and everything is covered.
I edited my xorg configuration file, and I'm just a girl! It's so easy that only a complete moron would have a problem with it.
Now let's all forget about this hard drive failure problem with a big bowl of strawberry ice cream!
strange, Hitachi Harddrive sounds like an ubuntu approved device with it's alliteration and all.
Considering the HD failure rate on Dell laptops, I doubt anybody will notice a difference.
Is that a button only for subscribers or somthing ?
I can't find the Uncheck Crappy Authors option.
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
Doesn't compare to what Video did... the scene at the Radio Star's apartment was BRUTAL.
My dell laptop lasted for seven years....
Ok, then it almost burned a hole in my carpet when it died, but apart from that it was good.
I also have a Dell OpenMosix cluster made up of by four pc's that are approximately five years old. Not one single problem has occurred with them, ever, I haven't had to reboot them for over a year, and that was just because we moved them to a new server room.
No, i think it's fair to call this an Ubuntu problem, i mean 80% of the stories about linux these days are simply titled "Ubuntu" when they would apply to any distro at all. It's only a natural progression to start calling your computer and all the parts therein an Ubuntu :)
This is a joke. I am joking. Joke joke joke.
s/data/porn/
:-)
Cheerleading, regeneration, and Linux use! You're certainly a woman of many talents.
Then you must be a real masochist to keep hanging around here.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
sudo apt-get new hdd from better manufacturer
package "new hdd from better manufacturer" depends on "more money" but it does not seem to be available.
Does that mean we caught it spinning dirty?
-Steve
"I opened my eyes, and everything went dark again"