laptop hard disk etiquette

[Alan Cox]

On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 04:26:30PM +0100, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> I understand from the comments in the bug that windows sets
> the values so the BIOSes don't bother setting appropriate values.

Windows will set values if the user has set preferences but as I understand
it not otherwise. Ditto Linux

> Also what is causing the drive to "load"
> so often after an "unload"?

Using it ? It unloads when it parks the head and sleeps, it loads again
when it unparks the drive.