A firmware patch is now available from Samsung, see above link for details.
> You should provide an Update with smartctl which does not issue IDENTIFY > DEVICE commands. Information from IDENTIFY DEVICE is essential for smartctl full functionality. A possible quick fix would be to add the new drive database entry for F4EG (see upstream changesets r3216, r3219). Then smarctl will print a warning if such a drive is detected. Note that the warning will persist even if the firmware patch is installed Samsung decided to keep the version number unchanged ... A better fix is to upgrade to smartmontools 5.40 and run the new update- smart-drivedb script then. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/684809 Title: Using smartctl with Samsung F4 EcoGreen drives may result in data loss -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
