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I installed Ubuntu on a Western Digital WD Black² Dual Drive. Both partitions are working.

But there is still an open problem: The motor of the HDD part of the SSHD always stops and starts, over and over. That's not good for the drive. How can I eliminate this? (I tried laptop-mode-tools and hdparm, but didn't have success)

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    it would be great to hear more about how you got the HD portion of the dual drive working in Ubuntu.
    – nyITguy
    Jun 2, 2015 at 5:00
  • Please look at the comment below. Activation of SSD part was possible only in a Windows-PC.
    – emikesch
    Jun 3, 2015 at 20:20

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Did you try the firmware update v5865?

http://support.wd.com/product/download.asp?groupid=2301&sid=222&lang=en

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  • @emikesch Can you describe the experience you had with the drive on Ubuntu? Is it working?
    – Adam Ryczkowski
    May 21, 2015 at 8:32
  • @Adam: It works fine. I use the SSD part for the root "/" and the HDD part for /home. But the activation of the SSD part was only possible in a Windows-PC. So I installed the drive temporarily in a Windows-PC. Be aware of the hardware requirements!
    – emikesch
    Jun 3, 2015 at 20:18
  • I agree. I just bought one, activated in under Windows7, and it runs just fine on Ubuntu with bcache. The performance is great, much faster then hybrid SSHD Seagate Momentum.
    – Adam Ryczkowski
    Jun 7, 2015 at 8:19

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