Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (845 mails)

[Alberto Passalacqua <alberto.passalacqua@xxxxxx>]

I read that other distributions (ubuntu, fedora) have problems with high
number of hard drive load cycles and "clicks" on certain laptops (Dell
XPS, IBM T60, ...) and with certain hard drives (for example samsung,
but not only).

If you are testing openSUSE 11 beta releases, would you please do a
check on your hard drive cycles?

As root, simply type:

 smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count

take note of the number at the end of the line.

Repeat after 10-15 minutes and look at the number again. Same after one
hour or so.

If you notice a significant increase in the number of cycles during
regular use, please report it. 

P.S. I CC you James, because I saw you have a T60 :-)

Thanks in advance,
Alberto



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