Activity log for bug #583790

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2010-05-21 13:04:56 brian mullan bug added bug
2010-05-21 13:04:56 brian mullan attachment added Advanced Format Tech Info Sheet.pdf http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48867729/Advanced%20Format%20Tech%20Info%20Sheet.pdf
2010-05-21 15:58:53 ooze ubuntu: status New Incomplete
2010-05-21 20:49:20 ooze affects ubuntu ubiquity (Ubuntu)
2010-05-21 20:49:20 ooze ubiquity (Ubuntu): status Incomplete New
2010-05-21 22:46:18 brian mullan tags advancedformat advancedformat apport-collected
2010-05-21 22:46:22 brian mullan description 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. 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. --- 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:
2010-05-21 22:46:24 brian mullan attachment added Casper.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48894631/Casper.gz
2010-05-21 22:46:30 brian mullan attachment added UbiquityDebug.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48894632/UbiquityDebug.gz
2010-05-21 22:46:34 brian mullan attachment added UbiquityPartman.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48894634/UbiquityPartman.gz
2010-05-21 22:46:37 brian mullan attachment added UbiquitySyslog.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48894637/UbiquitySyslog.gz
2011-07-10 14:33:12 Alex Engelmann bug added subscriber Alex Engelmann
2011-07-10 14:35:32 Alex Engelmann ubiquity (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2011-07-29 21:34:05 Brian Murray tags advancedformat apport-collected advancedformat apport-collected ubiquity-2.2.5
2011-07-29 21:34:09 Brian Murray tags advancedformat apport-collected ubiquity-2.2.5 advancedformat apport-collected lucid ubiquity-2.2.5
2020-03-05 12:05:19 Marcus Tomlinson ubiquity (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Incomplete
2020-05-05 04:50:18 Launchpad Janitor ubiquity (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Expired