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

[Rich <re...@ac...>]

Fun fact - the firmware version doesn't change with that patch versus
not having it, which is why smartctl always warns about those drives,
not just when you have outdated FW - it can't tell the difference.

- Rich

On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Justin Piszcz <jp...@lu...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Looks like that link no longer works, found this:
> http://forums.seagate.com/t5/Samsung-Internal-Drives/HD204UI-Firmware-patch/
> td-p/142695
>
> Which points to this:
> https://sites.google.com/site/realmadnex/boot-images/fw-update-boot-images/s
> amsung-f4eg#Downloads
>
> Which has some download links.
>
> What does smartctl -a say, I'd check the F/W you have vs. the F/W affected.
>
> Justin.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tot-to [mailto:to...@to...]
> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 7:46 AM
> To: sma...@li...
> Subject: [smartmontools-support] Broken link to firmware update
>
> 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.
>
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