> The first thing of notice is that the Load_Cycle_Count of the drive > heads increases every 8 seconds by default. As seen on the Internet, > this may pose a problem in the long run, since these drives are > "guaranteed" to sustain a limited number of such head parking cycles. > The number given varies from 300.000 to 1.000.000, depending on where > you look.
Those two numbers have nothing to do with each other. The 300000 limit applies to spin-down (aka "Start_Stop_Count"), not to head-park (aka "Load_Cycle_Count"). Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jwvr5clz7x7.fsf-monnier+gmane.linux.debian.u...@gnu.org