linux-kernel - Re: WD doesn`t use disks with Linux - was Re: Re:Western Digital GreenPower drives and Linux

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.1.10.0805132343470.448@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Date:	Wed, 14 May 2008 00:29:35 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
To:	Arnd Hannemann <arnd@...dnet.de>
cc:	Roland <devzero@....de>, tvrtko@...ulin.net, pernegger@...il.com,
	snitzer@...il.com, zorglub_olsen@...mail.com,
	renatoyamane@...dic.com.br, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: WD doesn`t use disks with Linux - was Re: Re:Western Digital
 GreenPower drives and Linux


On Tuesday 2008-05-13 23:20, Arnd Hannemann wrote:
>
>Well the answer was probably just from a first level support person so
>nothing one should get excited about.
>Anyway to the high Load_Cycle_Count; if I understood the technology
>correctly the WD GreenPower drives are exactly "Green" because they

I don't find it Green when I have to buy new disks because of
their detrimental parking technique.

>unload the heads on a plastic ramp (no landing zone!) quite often during

ramp or LZ, it's quite a force with which the head is parked.

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