On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 11:54:07AM +0000, Cherry G. Mathew wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm wondering how many people on current-users use NetBSD on laptops,
> and if so, how many of you have come across the problem I'm facing.

Cherry,

I support committing this for the peace of mind a quiet hard drive brings.
I'm not joking around.  If my laptop deactivated its hard drive with a
"clank" when I knew it could do otherwise, I'd lose confidence that the
laptop was safe for any data.

Dave

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