Comment 68 for bug 952556

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: [Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 05:22:13AM -0000, Dagnachew L. wrote:
> Thank you for the final release. In fact, I installed it earlier (just
> before it was removed for validation) and apt-get tells me that I have the
> latest release. If so, my problem,sadly, is not fixed by this release. I
> don't know What to do next with this critical problem.

This patch restores the behavior from previous Ubuntu releases.
Unfortunately, there are definitely some newer, "green" drives that behave
poorly even with the previous behavior. This isn't something that can be
fixed with a general-purpose SRU, because there currently is no single
setting that's appropriate for all users.

The only thing I can advise is that you set your apm_battery value even
higher - possibly even to 254 - if you're concerned about the wear on the
drive.