[SLL] Ubuntu Killing Hard Drives?

[Eric Kahklen]

Thanks for the input! And sorry for the double post to the list. My  
hosting company is having server issues it appears.


> On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:50:16 -0700
> Eric Kahklen <eric at kahklen.com> wrote:
>
>> I just ran into this bug on /. -
>> https://launchpad.net/bug59695.html. I sure would hate to see my new
>> Thinkpad's HD killed!
>
> This is one of those "sky is falling" type articles.
>
> A) After some investigation, we may be reporting that cycle count
> incorrectly in the Linux smart tools.
>
> B) Reading a disk that was used only to run OSX shows quite a bit
> faster of a cycle count than Fedora/Ubuntu is.
>
> c) I have yet to see any evidence of a harddrive that actually failed
> due to a high cycle count
>
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