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acpi-support package

  1. Bug #59695
  2. Comment #519

Comment 519 for bug 59695

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

Gabor CZIGOLA wrote:
> I can not believe that it is normal for a basic, non-enterprise disk to overheat, not even when it is permanently used.
> If disabling power management causes any other issue than decreased battery life by max. 5%, then this is obviously some disk/firmware related bug.
>
> This is why I guess the blacklist approach mentioned by Jakob
> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-
> support/+bug/59695/comments/515) is more straightforward.

I also like the Novel blacklist approach.

1) Does not change drives that play fair.
2) Fixes known bad actors.
3) Shames bad actors, and acts as a buying guide.