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From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: bcrl@redhat.com (Benjamin LaHaise), akpm@zip.com.au (Andrew Morton),
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Subject: Re: faster boots?
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Alan Cox writes:
> > Be careful here. I did this for a while with a Maxtor 80 GB IDE drive,
> > and after a few months, it started making unpleasant noises when
> > spinning up (lots of clicking and clacking). I went back to continuous
> 
> I can tell you I've had 80Gb Maxtors do that that were always spun
> up. They went back and the replacement ones have behaved so far. I
> don't think its that related

Well, one year on, after continuous spinning, I still don't hear
clicking and clacking.

				Regards,

					Richard....
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