Samsung F4 2 TB drive warning...

[William Park]

Crap!  I got bitten by Seagate before, and now Samsung...



----- Original Message ----
> From: Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> To: tlug <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>; UU <u-u-nUbHFpetmNumKAeH2fHhIti2O/JbrIOy at public.gmane.org>
> Sent: Thu, December 9, 2010 1:05:13 PM
> Subject: [TLUG]: Samsung F4 2 TB drive warning...
> 
> 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  :-) .
> 
> 
> Colin.
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