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acpi-support package

  1. Bug #59695
  2. Comment #111

Comment 111 for bug 59695

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Blue (vali-dragnuta) wrote : Re: default value in power.sh potentially kills laptop disks

Parking is not bad and should not have side effects.

On a new system ( just a few days old) running another OS Load_Cycle_Count is 3317.
This parking means just moving the heads away, it does not stress the disk in any way .
 The spindown/spinup however, does (and does not help save energy if it is done too quickly )