Rant

Ubuntu Hard Drive Explosions

For starters, let me just say WOW! I’m completely overwhelmed at the responses my last article article has gotten. As I type this it’s rapidly approaching 1000 diggs, which is something I never even envisioned. When I sat down to write this article, three things were true:

1. It was 3am.
2. I actually was writing the article more on the basis that I had read a trouble ticket that I didn’t understand a piece of lingo in (hard drive load/unload cycles)
3. I was in my underwear.

Explanation of Ubuntu Hard Drive Wear and Tear

EDIT:  This problem seems to be limited to laptop mode.  Read This if you want to see how to tell if you're affected.