f8 gripe #3: infamous Load_Cycle_Count started hitting my laptop, FAQ?

[Pádraig Brady]

Douglas McClendon wrote:
> Last gripe for the night-
> 
> The infamous ubuntu Load_Cycle_Count laptop drive killer issue started
> hitting me when I upgraded from F7 to F8.

I noticed this "issue" with FC4 and F7.
After upgrading to F8 things were much better because
relatime is used by default for all mounts:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-October/msg02324.html
http://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/hard_disk_reliability/

Pádraig.