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Does Ubuntu really spin down the hard drive?

Story: Explanation of Ubuntu Hard Drive Wear and TearTotal Replies: 1
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Steven_Rosenber

Oct 24, 2007
10:22 AM EDT 		I've never noticed this happening. In fact, I haven't had a hard drive noticeably spin down since my Powerbook 1400.

And the fix, as stated in the article:

hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda

Does that go in a config file? And if so, which one?

And shouldn't there be a GUI in which to set this, especially in Ubuntu-world?

(For me, the fact that Gutsy allows me to easily toggle the tap-to-left-click action on my Gateway laptop's Alps touchpad is borderline revolutionary, but I digress.)
Laika

Oct 24, 2007
1:05 PM EDT 		Set it in /etc/hdparm.conf if you want to make it permanent.

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