Re: [smartmontools-support] Broken link to firmware update

[Christian F. <Chr...@t-...>]

tot-to wrote:
> I have SAMSUNG HD204UI hard disk. In output of smartctl -a I see this:
>
> ==>  WARNING: Using smartmontools or hdparm with this
> drive may result in data loss due to a firmware bug.
> ****** THIS DRIVE MAY OR MAY NOT BE AFFECTED! ******
> Buggy and fixed firmware report same version number!
> See the following web pages for details:
> http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/faqView.do?b2b_bbs_msg_id=386
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/SamsungF4EGBadBlocks
>
> On the first link there is only page about the seagate and samsung confluence and no about firmwares.
> On the second link I see description of the problem and again the first link as the link to patch.
>
> I have try to find right link to patch on the seagate website, but I have failed with this.

The Samsung KB is now included in Seagate KB:
http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?ssdFilterCommunity6=1198

The first search result is the F4EG Firmware entry:
http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=223451

I will change this soon in drivedb.h and Wiki.

Thanks,
Christian