ubuntu HDD problem

[Mobius 1]

anyone else have a problem with the drive parking and unparking a lot?? i know there is an ugly fix... but i am a bit cautious to try it. as there seems to be a lot of warnings and use this at your own risk etc.. has anyone else had this problem and applied the fix? if so has it worked for you?

 

[Mobius 1]

Is this the laptop thing? If so, I don't own a laptop so it hasn't affected me (although I am considering getting an EeePC so I guess I should follow this thread after all)

well, not really, as eeepc isn't hard drive based. its flash, so it wont have that problem. nevermind. ill just find an alternative.

 

[Mobius 1]

Quickgoogle found some answers

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/59695/comments/14

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=591503

indeed. ive done the googling and ubuntu forum searching bit already i was just wondering if anyone else had this problem and does the fix work/work well?

 

[Mobius 1]

Well seeing as the ubuntu forums post has 51 pages i'd probably be reading that or asking there.

ok, sound. ill give it a go. just thought id try my local first.