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acpi-support package

  1. Bug #59695
  2. Comment #335

Comment 335 for bug 59695

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Brian Ealdwine (eode) wrote : Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

@Akshay:
Actually, it was mentioned above -- "255" is a reserved value, I.e.,
it's not officially used. 254 is off. 253 is low enough that it won't
happen unless you have a pretty decent period of idle time (which you
won't, because various things keep accessing the disk).

-B