Samsung F4 2 TB drive warning...

[Tyler Aviss]

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Lennart Sorensen
<lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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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Or HP and Compaq :-)

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