Samsung F4 2 TB drive warning...

Thu Dec 9 19:02:18 UTC 2010

On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 01:05:13PM -0500, Colin McGregor wrote:
>  Seems some Samsung 2 TB drives were shipped with buggy firmware that
> can cause them to loose data, details to be seen here:
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/SamsungF4EGBadBlocks
> 
> Yes, there is a firmware upgrade available that will fix things and
> which should be applied ASAP.
> 
> This story has been all over the MythTV users mailing list, one place
> filled with users who want LOTS of storage for some reason :-) .

They should go merge with seagate.  Then both companies that can't make
working firmware would be together. :)

Just like gateway, packard bell and emachines are joined these days.

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