walter neumann wrote:
Since upgrading to the 2.6.10 kernels my hard disk started parking 2 to 3 times a minute, at which rate it will reach its advertised 'end of life' engineering limit on the number of head parks in less than a year. This is invisible in use: no unusual disk activity is noticable. I discovered it by noticing that my drive's Load_Cycle_Count, as reported by the smartctl, had increased as much in two weeks as in the previous 9 months.
For the unfamiliar with smartctl, can you detail which test specifically gives information on Load_Cycle_Count?
Cheers, Jonathan.
