Yesterday, I -asked -for testers for my prototype for making Debian better at handling -pluggable hardware devices, which I -set -out to create earlier this month. Several valuable testers showed -up, and caused me to really want to to open up the development to more -people. But before I did this, I want to come up with a sensible name -for this project. Today I finally decided on a new name, and I have -renamed the project from hw-support-handler to this new name. In the -process, I moved the source to git and made it available as a -collab-maint -repository in Debian. The new name? It is Isenkram. -To fetch and build the latest version of the source, use
- + +I was introduced to the +Freedombox project +in 2010, when Eben Moglen presented his vision about serving the need +of non-technical people to keep their personal information private and +within the legal protection of their own homes. The idea is to give +people back the power over their network and machines, and return +Internet back to its intended peer-to-peer architecture. Instead of +depending on a central service, the Freedombox will give everyone +control over their own basic infrastructure.
+ +I've intended to join the effort since then, but other tasks have +taken priority. But this summers nasty news about the misuse of trust +and privilege exercised by the "western" intelligence gathering +communities increased my eagerness to contribute to a point where I +actually started working on the project a while back.
+ +The initial +Debian initiative based on the vision from Eben Moglen, is to +create a simple and cheap Debian based appliance that anyone can hook +up in their home and get access to secure and private services and +communication. The initial deployment platform have been the +Dreamplug, +which is a piece of hardware I do not own. So to be able to test what +the current Freedombox setup, I had to come up with a way to install +it on some hardware I do got access to. I have rewritten the +freedom-maker +image build framework to use .deb packages instead of only copying +setup into the boot images, and thanks to this rewrite I am able to +set up any machine supported by Debian Wheezy as a Freedombox, using +the previously mentioned deb (and a few support debs for packages +missing in Debian).
+ +The current Freedombox setup consist of a set of bootstrapping +scripts +(freedombox-setup), +and a administrative web interface +(plinth + exmachina + +withsqlite), as well as a privacy enhancing proxy based on +privoxy +(freedombox-privoxy). There is also a web/javascript based XMPP +client (jwchat) +trying (unsuccessfully so far) to talk to the XMPP server +(ejabberd). The +web interface is pluggable, and the goal is to use it to enable OpenID +services, mesh network connectivity, use of TOR, etc, etc. Not much of +this is really working yet, see +the +project TODO for links to GIT repositories. Most of the code is +on github at the moment. The HTTP proxy is operational out of the +box, and the admin web interface can be used to add/remove plinth +users. I've not been able to do anything else with it so far, but +know there are several branches spread around github and other places +with lots of half baked features.
+ +Anyway, if you want to have a look at the current stat, the +following recipes should work to give you a test machine to poke +at.
+ +Debian Wheezy amd64
+ +-
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- Fetch normal Debian Wheezy installation ISO. +
- Boot from it, either as CD or USB stick. +
Press [tab] on the boot prompt and add this as a boot argument +to the Debian installer:
+
url=http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox/preseed-wheezy.dat
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+- Answer the few language/region/password questions and pick disk to +install on. + +
- When the installation is finished and the machine have rebooted a +few times, your Freedombox is ready for testing. + +
Raspberry Pi Raspbian
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- Fetch a Raspbian SD card image, create SD card. +
- Boot from SD card, extend file system to fill the card completely. +
Log in and add this to /etc/sources.list:
++deb http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox wheezy main +
+Run this as root:
-git clone git://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/isenkram.git -cd isenkram && git-buildpackage -us -uc -
- -I have not yet adjusted all files to use the new name yet. If you -want to hack on the source or improve the package, please go ahead. -But please talk to me first on IRC or via email before you do major -changes, to make sure we do not step on each others toes. :)
- -If you wonder what 'isenkram' is, it is a Norwegian word for iron -stuff, typically meaning tools, nails, screws, etc. Typical hardware -stuff, in other words. I've been told it is the Norwegian variant of -the German word eisenkram, for those that are familiar with that -word.
- -Update 2013-01-26: Added -us -us to build -instructions, to avoid confusing people with an error from the signing -process.
+wget -O - http://www.reinholdtsen.name/freedombox/BE1A583D.asc | \ + apt-key add - +apt-get update +apt-get install freedombox-setup +/usr/lib/freedombox/setup +
+- Reboot into your freshly created Freedombox. + +
You can test it on other architectures too, but because the +freedombox-privoxy package is binary, it will only work as intended on +the architectures where I have had time to build the binary and put it +in my APT repository. But do not let this stop you. It is only a +short "apt-get source -b freedombox-privoxy" away. :)
+ +Note that by default Freedombox is a DHCP server on the +192.168.1.0/24 subnet, so if this is your subnet be careful and turn +off the DHCP server by running "update-rc.d isc-dhcp-server +disable" as root.
+ +Please let me know if this work for you, or if you have any +problems. We gather on the IRC channel +#freedombox on +irc.debian.org and the +project +mailing list.
+ +Once you get your freedombox operational, you can visit +http://your-host-name:8001/ to see the state of the plint +welcome screen (dead end - do not be surprised if you are unable to +get past it), and next visit http://your-host-name:8001/help/ +to look at the rest of plinth. The default user is 'admin' and the +default password is 'secret'.
Early this month I set out to try to -improve -the Debian support for pluggable hardware devices. Now my -prototype is working, and it is ready for a larger audience. To test -it, fetch the -source -from the Debian Edu subversion repository, build and install the -package. You might have to log out and in again activate the -autostart script.
- -The design is simple:
+ +I 2011 raderte et stortingsflertall bestående av Høyre og +Arbeiderpartiet vekk en betydelig del av privatsfæren til det norske +folk. Det ble vedtatt at det skulle registreres og lagres i et halvt +år hvor alle som bærer på en mobiltelefon befinner seg, hvem de +snakker med og hvor lenge de snakket sammen. Det skal også +registreres hvem de sendte SMS-meldinger til, hvem en har sendt epost +til, og hvilke nett-tjenere en besøkte. Saken er kjent som +Datalagringsdirektivet +(DLD), og innebærer at alle innbyggerne og andre innenfor Norges +grenser overvåkes døgnet rundt. Det ble i praksis innført brev og +besøkskontroll av hele befolkningen. Rapporter fra de landene som +allerede har innført slik total lagring av borgernes +kommunikasjonsmønstre forteller at det ikke hjelper i +kriminalitetsbekjempelsen. Den norske prislappen blir mange hundre +millioner, uten at det ser ut til å bidra positivt til politiets +arbeide. Jeg synes flere hundre millioner i stedet burde vært brukt +på noe som kan dokumenteres å ha effekt i kriminalitetsbekjempelsen. +Se mer på +Wikipedia +og Jon Wessel-Aas.
+ +Hva er problemet, tenkter du kanskje? Et åpenbart problem er at +medienes kildevern i praksis blir radert ut. Den innsamlede +informasjonen gjør det mulig å finne ut hvem som har snakket med +journalister på telefon, SMS og epost, og hvem som har vært i nærheten +av journalister så sant begge bar med seg en telefon. Et annet er at +advokatvernet blir sterkt redusert, der politiet kan finne ut hvem +som har snakket med en advokat når, eller vært i møter en med advokat. +Et tredje er at svært personlig informasjon kan avledes fra hvilke +nettsteder en har besøkt. Har en besøkt hivnorge.no, +swingersnorge.com eller andre sider som kan brukes til avlede +interesser som hører til privatsfæren, vil denne informasjonen være +tilgjengelig takket være datalagringsdirektivet.
+ +De fleste partiene var mot, kun to partier stemte for. Høyre og +Arbeiderpartiet. Og både Høyre og Arbeiderpartiet i Oslo har +DLD-forkjempere på toppen av sine lister (har ikke sjekket de andre +fylkene). Det er dermed helt uaktuelt for meg å stemme på disse +partiene. Her er oversikten over partienes valglister i Oslo, med +informasjon om hvem som stemte hva i første DLD-votering i Stortinget, +basert på informasjon fra mine venner i +Holder de +Ord samt data.stortinget.no. +Først ut er stortingslista fra Høyre for Oslo:
+ + + +# | Navn, fødselsår og valgkrets | Stemme/kommentar |
---|---|---|
1. | +Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide (1976), Gamle Oslo | +Stemte for DLD |
2. | +Nikolai Astrup (1978), Frogner | +Stemte mot DLD |
3. | +Michael Tetzschner (1954), Vestre Aker | +Stemte mot DLD | + +
4. | +Kristin Vinje (1963), Nordre Aker | +Ikke til stede |
5. | +Mudassar Hussain Kapur (1976), Nordstrand | +Ikke til stede |
6. | +Stefan Magnus B. Heggelund (1984), Grünerløkka | +Ikke til stede |
7. | +Heidi Nordby Lunde (1973), Grünerløkka | +Ikke til stede |
8. | +Frode Helgerud (1950), Frogner | +Ikke til stede |
9. | +Afshan Rafiq (1975), Stovner | +Ikke til stede |
10. | +Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg (1936), Frogner | +Ikke til stede |
11. | +Camilla Strandskog (1984) St.Hanshaugen | +Ikke til stede |
12. | +John Christian Elden (1967), Ullern | +Ikke til stede |
13. | +Berit Solli (1972), Alna | +Ikke til stede |
14. | +Ola Kvisgaard (1963), Frogner | +Ikke til stede |
15. | +James Stove Lorentzen (1957), Vestre Aker | +Ikke til stede |
16. | +Gülsüm Koc (1987), Stovner | +Ikke til stede |
17. | +Jon Ole Whist (1976), Grünerløkka | +Ikke til stede |
18. | +Maren Eline Malthe-Sørenssen (1971), Vestre Aker | +Ikke til stede |
19. | +Ståle Hagen (1968), Søndre Nordstrand | +Ikke til stede |
20. | +Kjell Omdal Erichsen (1978), Sagene | +Ikke til stede |
21. | +Saida R. Begum (1987), Grünerløkka | +Ikke til stede |
22. | +Torkel Brekke (1970), Nordre Aker | +Ikke til stede |
23. | +Sverre K. Seeberg (1950), Vestre Aker | +Ikke til stede |
24. | +Julie Margrethe Brodtkorb (1974), Ullern | +Ikke til stede |
25. | +Fabian Stang (1955), Frogner | +Ikke til stede |
Deretter har vi stortingslista fra Arbeiderpartiet for Oslo:
+ +# | Navn, fødselsår og valgkrets | Stemme/kommentar |
---|---|---|
1. | +Jens Stoltenberg (1959), Frogner | +Ikke til stede i Stortinget, leder av regjeringen som fremmet forslaget |
2. | +Hadia Tajik (1983), Grünerløkka | +Stemte for DLD |
3. | +Jonas Gahr Støre (1960), Vestre Aker | +Ikke til stede i Stortinget, medlem av regjeringen som fremmet forslaget |
4. | +Marianne Marthinsen (1980), Grünerløkka | +Stemte for DLD |
5. | +Jan Bøhler (1952), Alna | +Stemte for DLD |
6. | +Marit Nybakk (1947), Frogner | +Stemte for DLD |
7. | +Truls Wickholm (1978), Sagene | +Stemte for DLD |
8. | +Prableen Kaur (1993), Grorud | +Ikke til stede |
9. | +Vegard Grøslie Wennesland (1983), St.Hanshaugen | +Ikke til stede |
10. | +Inger Helene Vaaten (1975), Grorud | +Ikke til stede |
11. | +Ivar Leveraas (1939), Alna | +Ikke til stede |
12. | +Grete Haugdal (1971), Gamle Oslo | +Ikke til stede |
13. | +Olav Tønsberg (1948), Alna | +Ikke til stede |
14. | +Khamshajiny Gunaratnam (1988), Grorud | +Ikke til stede |
15. | +Fredrik Mellem (1969), Sagene | +Ikke til stede |
16. | +Brit Axelsen (1945), Stovner | +Ikke til stede |
17. | +Dag Bayegan-Harlem (1977), Ullern | +Ikke til stede |
18. | +Kristin Sandaker (1963), Ãsteinsjø | +Ikke til stede |
19. | +Bashe Musse (1965), Grünerløkka | +Ikke til stede |
20. | +Torunn Kanutte Husvik (1983), St. Hanshaugen | +Ikke til stede |
21. | +Steinar Andersen (1947), Nordstrand | +Ikke til stede |
22. | +Anne Cathrine Berger (1972), Sagene | +Ikke til stede |
23. | +Khalid Mahmood (1959), Ãstensjø | +Ikke til stede |
24. | +Munir Jaber (1990), Alna | +Ikke til stede |
25. | +Libe Solberg Rieber-Mohn (1965), Frogner | +Ikke til stede |
Hvilket parti får så min stemme i år. Jeg tror det blir +Piratpartiet. Hvis de kan bidra +til at det kommer noen inn på Stortinget med teknisk peiling, så får +kanskje ikke overvåkningsgalskapen like fritt spillerom som det har +hatt så langt.
-I still need to come up with a better name for the system. Here -are some screen shots showing the prototype in action. First the -notification, then the password request, and finally the request to -approve all the dependencies. Sorry for the Norwegian Bokmål GUI.
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The prototype still need to be improved with longer timeouts, but -is already useful. The database of hardware to package mappings also -need more work. It is currently compatible with the Ubuntu way of -storing such information in the package control file, but could be -changed to use other formats instead or in addition to the current -method. I've dropped the use of discover for this mapping, as the -modalias approach is more flexible and easier to use on Linux as long -as the Linux kernel expose its modalias strings directly.
- -Update 2013-01-21 16:50: Due to popular demand, -here is the command required to check out and build the source: Use -'svn checkout -svn://svn.debian.org/debian-edu/trunk/src/hw-support-handler/; cd -hw-support-handler; debuild'. If you lack debuild, install the -devscripts package.
- -Update 2013-01-23 12:00: The project is now -renamed to Isenkram and the source moved from the Debian Edu -subversion repository to a Debian collab-maint git repository. See -build -instructions for details.
This Christmas my trusty old laptop died. It died quietly and -suddenly in bed. With a quiet whimper, it went completely quiet and -black. The power button was no longer able to turn it on. It was a -IBM Thinkpad X41, and the best laptop I ever had. Better than both -Thinkpads X30, X31, X40, X60, X61 and X61S. Far better than the -Compaq I had before that. Now I need to find a replacement. To keep -going during Christmas, I moved the one year old SSD disk to my old -X40 where it fitted (only one I had left that could use it), but it is -not a durable solution. - -
My laptop needs are fairly modest. This is my wishlist from when I -got a new one more than 10 years ago. It still holds true.:)
+ +The second wheezy based beta release of Debian Edu was wrapped up +today, slightly delayed because of some bugs in the initial Windows +integration fixes . This is the release announcement:
+ +New features for Debian Edu 7.1+edu0~b1 released 2013-08-22
+ +These are the release notes for Debian Edu / Skolelinux +7.1+edu0~b1, based on Debian with codename "Wheezy".
+ +About Debian Edu and Skolelinux
+ +Debian Edu, also known as +Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based on Debian providing an +out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school +network. Immediately after installation a school server running all +services needed for a school network is set up just waiting for users +and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable Web-UI. A netbooting +environment is prepared using PXE, so after initial installation of +the main server from CD or USB stick all other machines can be +installed via the network. The provided school server provides LDAP +database and Kerberos authentication service, centralized home +directories, DHCP server, web proxy and many other services. The +desktop contains +more +than 60 educational software packages and more are available from +the Debian archive, and schools can choose between KDE, Gnome, LXDE +and Xfce desktop environment.
+ +This is the sixth test release based on Debian Wheezy. Basically this +is an updated and slightly improved version compared to the Squeeze +release.
+ +ALERT: Alpha based installations should reinstall or downgrade the +versions of gosa and libpam-mklocaluser to the ones used in this beta +release. Both alpha and beta0 based installations should reinstall or +deal with gosa.conf manually; there are two options: (1) Keep +gosa.conf and edit this file as outlined +on +the mailing list. (2) Accept the new version of gosa.conf and +replace both contained admin password placeholders with the password +hashes found in the old one (backup copy!). In both cases every user +need to change their their password to make sure a password is set for +CIFS access to their home directory.
+ +Software updates
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- Lightweight (around 1 kg) and small volume (preferably smaller - than A4). -
- Robust, it will be in my backpack every day. -
- Three button mouse and a mouse pin instead of touch pad. -
- Long battery life time. Preferable a week. -
- Internal WIFI network card. -
- Internal Twisted Pair network card. -
- Some USB slots (2-3 is plenty) -
- Good keyboard - similar to the Thinkpad. -
- Video resolution at least 1024x768, with size around 12" (A4 paper -size). -
- Hardware supported by Debian Stable, ie the default kernel and - X.org packages. -
- Quiet, preferably fan free (or at least not using the fan most of - the time). +
- Added ssh askpass packages to default installation, to ensure ssh + work also without a attached tty. +
- Add the command-not-found package to the default installation to + make it easier to figure out where to find missing command line + tools. Please note, that the command 'update-command-not-found' + has to be run as root to actually make it useful (internet access + required).
You will notice that there are no RAM and CPU requirements in the -list. The reason is simply that the specifications on laptops the -last 10-15 years have been sufficient for my needs, and I have to look -at other features to choose my laptop. But are there still made as -robust laptops as my X41? The Thinkpad X60/X61 proved to be less -robust, and Thinkpads seem to be heading in the wrong direction since -Lenovo took over. But I've been told that X220 and X1 Carbon might -still be useful.
- -Perhaps I should rethink my needs, and look for a pad with an -external keyboard? I'll have to check the -Linux Laptops site for -well-supported laptops, or perhaps just buy one preinstalled from one -of the vendors listed on the Linux -Pre-loaded site.
-Some times I try to figure out which Iceweasel browser plugin to -install to get support for a given MIME type. Thanks to -specifications -done by Ubuntu and Mozilla, it is possible to do this in Debian. -Unfortunately, not very many packages provide the needed meta -information, Anyway, here is a small script to look up all browser -plugin packages announcing ther MIME support using this specification:
+Other changes
--#!/usr/bin/python -import sys -import apt -def pkgs_handling_mimetype(mimetype): - cache = apt.Cache() - cache.open(None) - thepkgs = [] - for pkg in cache: - version = pkg.candidate - if version is None: - version = pkg.installed - if version is None: - continue - record = version.record - if not record.has_key('Npp-MimeType'): - continue - mime_types = record['Npp-MimeType'].split(',') - for t in mime_types: - t = t.rstrip().strip() - if t == mimetype: - thepkgs.append(pkg.name) - return thepkgs -mimetype = "audio/ogg" -if 1 < len(sys.argv): - mimetype = sys.argv[1] -print "Browser plugin packages supporting %s:" % mimetype -for pkg in pkgs_handling_mimetype(mimetype): - print " %s" %pkg -- -
It can be used like this to look up a given MIME type:
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-% ./apt-find-browserplug-for-mimetype -Browser plugin packages supporting audio/ogg: - gecko-mediaplayer -% ./apt-find-browserplug-for-mimetype application/x-shockwave-flash -Browser plugin packages supporting application/x-shockwave-flash: - browser-plugin-gnash -% -- -
In Ubuntu this mechanism is combined with support in the browser -itself to query for plugins and propose to install the needed -packages. It would be great if Debian supported such feature too. Is -anyone working on adding it?
- -Update 2013-01-18 14:20: The Debian BTS -request for icweasel support for this feature is -#484010 from 2008 (and -#698426 from today). Lack -of manpower and wish for a different design is the reason thus feature -is not yet in iceweasel from Debian.
+Known issues
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- KDE fails to understand the wpad.dat file provided, causing it to + not use the http proxy as it should. +
- Chromium also fails to use the proxy when using the KDE desktop + (using the KDE configuration). + +
Where to get it
+ +To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use
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- ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b1-CD.iso + +
- http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b1-CD.iso + +
- rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b1-CD.iso . + +
The MD5SUM of this image is: 1e357f80b55e703523f2254adde6d78b
+
The SHA1SUM of this image is: 7157f9be5fd27c7694d713c6ecfed61c3edda3b2
To download the multiarch USB stick ISO release you can use
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- ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b1-USB.iso +
- http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b1-USB.iso +
- rsync -avzP ftp.skolelinux.org::skolelinux-cd/wheezy/debian-edu-7.1+edu0~b1-USB.iso . + +
The MD5SUM of this image is: 7a8408ead59cf7e3cef25afb6e91590b
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The SHA1SUM of this image is: f1817c031f02790d5edb3bfa0dcf8451088ad119
How to report bugs
+ +The DEP-11 -proposal to add AppStream information to the Debian archive, is a -proposal to make it possible for a Desktop application to propose to -the user some package to install to gain support for a given MIME -type, font, library etc. that is currently missing. With such -mechanism in place, it would be possible for the desktop to -automatically propose and install leocad if some LDraw file is -downloaded by the browser.
- -To get some idea about the current content of the archive, I decided -to write a simple program to extract all .desktop files from the -Debian archive and look up the claimed MIME support there. The result -can be found on the -Skolelinux FTP -site. Using the collected information, it become possible to -answer the question in the title. Here are the 20 most supported MIME -types in Debian stable (Squeeze), testing (Wheezy) and unstable (Sid). -The complete list is available from the link above.
- -Debian Stable:
- -- count MIME type - ----- ----------------------- - 32 text/plain - 30 audio/mpeg - 29 image/png - 28 image/jpeg - 27 application/ogg - 26 audio/x-mp3 - 25 image/tiff - 25 image/gif - 22 image/bmp - 22 audio/x-wav - 20 audio/x-flac - 19 audio/x-mpegurl - 18 video/x-ms-asf - 18 audio/x-musepack - 18 audio/x-mpeg - 18 application/x-ogg - 17 video/mpeg - 17 audio/x-scpls - 17 audio/ogg - 16 video/x-ms-wmv -- -
Debian Testing:
- -- count MIME type - ----- ----------------------- - 33 text/plain - 32 image/png - 32 image/jpeg - 29 audio/mpeg - 27 image/gif - 26 image/tiff - 26 application/ogg - 25 audio/x-mp3 - 22 image/bmp - 21 audio/x-wav - 19 audio/x-mpegurl - 19 audio/x-mpeg - 18 video/mpeg - 18 audio/x-scpls - 18 audio/x-flac - 18 application/x-ogg - 17 video/x-ms-asf - 17 text/html - 17 audio/x-musepack - 16 image/x-xbitmap -- -
Debian Unstable:
- -- count MIME type - ----- ----------------------- - 31 text/plain - 31 image/png - 31 image/jpeg - 29 audio/mpeg - 28 application/ogg - 27 image/gif - 26 image/tiff - 26 audio/x-mp3 - 23 audio/x-wav - 22 image/bmp - 21 audio/x-flac - 20 audio/x-mpegurl - 19 audio/x-mpeg - 18 video/x-ms-asf - 18 video/mpeg - 18 audio/x-scpls - 18 application/x-ogg - 17 audio/x-musepack - 16 video/x-ms-wmv - 16 video/x-msvideo -- -
I am told that PackageKit can provide an API to access the kind of -information mentioned in DEP-11. I have not yet had time to look at -it, but hope the PackageKit people in Debian are on top of these -issues.
- -Update 2013-01-16 13:35: Updated numbers after -discovering a typo in my script.
+ +Earlier, I reported about +my +problems using an Intel SSD 520 Series 180 GB disk. Friday I was +told by IBM that the original disk should be thrown away. And as +there no longer was a problem if I bricked the firmware, I decided +today to try to install Intel firmware to replace the Lenovo firmware +currently on the disk.
+ +I searched the Intel site for firmware, and found +issdfut_2.0.4.iso +(aka Intel SATA Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool) which +according to the site should contain the latest firmware for SSD +disks. I inserted the broken disk in one of my spare laptops and +booted the ISO from a USB stick. The disk was recognized, but the +program claimed the newest firmware already were installed and refused +to insert any Intel firmware. So no change, and the disk is still +unable to handle write load. :( I guess the only way to get them +working would be if Lenovo releases new firmware. No idea how likely +that is. Anyway, just blogging about this test for completeness. I +got a working Samsung disk, and see no point in spending more time on +the broken disks.