[Bug 346691] Re: 2.6.28-11 causes massive data corruption on 64 bit installations

[Tim McCormack]

I was able to set the drive to AHCI mode by setting OS compatibility in
the (Phoenix?) BIOS to "Vista" (instead of "Other"), which unlocked an
IDE vs. AHCI switch.

I was unable to reliably reproduce the bug while running in IDE mode
(across several wipe-and-installs), but did not encounter it at all in
AHCI mode. I kept it in that mode and restored my files, and have not
seen corruption. (I did have to nuke my WinXP partition to do this. Win7
seems to be OK with AHCI, but probably needs a fresh install or a repair
to accommodate the switchover.)

For testing I tried to use the iozone filesystem benchmarking tool from
repository in an effort to generate lots of file writes in different
ways, but it did not do as I hoped.

While my system now functions, the bug still lurks, waiting.

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2.6.28-11 causes massive data corruption on 64 bit installations
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346691
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