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** Description changed: I recently bought a Western Digital WD10EARS 1 TB SATA drive. This WD drive incorporates what is called "Advanced Format" on the drive: See: http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/WhitePapers/ENG/2579-771430.pdf&sa=X&ei=1H_2S8P9FYP78AavgNHECg&ved=0CB8QzgQoADAA&usg=AFQjCNHRHKOzE52JvyZZRvoYX3BiOoYsDw I tried to install Ubuntu 10.04 on it. The installation kept reporting errors related to the drive during installation. The installation took quite a bit longer than usual. After installation Ubuntu would boot but again various drive errors kept being reported. I thought this might have been a 'bad' HD so I returned it and got the same model as a replacement. Went through the same process... same results. Re-downloaded Ubuntu (just in case) and reburned a new CD (just in case) Tried to install Ubuntu 10.04 again... same results. So I returned the 2nd HD and paid a restocking fee to exchange for a Seagate SATA drive which works just fine. As far as I can tell the only difference was this new Advanced Format on the WD drive which the Seagate (and my other Hitachi HD's do not implement). - Given the errors, I'm not sure if this is a BIOS compatibility problem a - WD implementation issue or an Ubuntu issue but I wanted to report it. + Given the errors, I'm not sure if this is a BIOS compatibility problem a WD implementation issue or an Ubuntu issue but I wanted to report it. + --- + Architecture: amd64 + DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 + InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318) + Package: ubiquity (not installed) + ProcEnviron: + PATH=(custom, no user) + LANG=en_US.utf8 + SHELL=/bin/bash + ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic + Tags: lucid + Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic x86_64 + UserGroups: ** Attachment added: "Casper.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48894631/Casper.gz -- Ubuntu 10.04 and Western DIgital's new Advanced Format SATA drives - constant drive errors https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/583790 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
