Re: [gentoo-user] smartd Prefailure messages

[Dale]

Mick wrote:
> <SNIP>
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> Thanks, I'll browse through these.
>

It makes me wonder if the drives are "sensitive" to something.  This
seems to be common with Maxtor.  Is Hitachi made by the same company as
Maxtor I wonder? 

I have been getting these errors for some time now.  They pass the tests
tho.  You can run that with this:  smartctl -t long /dev/hdX  The X
should be replaced with the correct drive or you may have to use sdX if
you have SATA drives.  After it gets done, which may take a while, you
can get the results like this:  smartctl -l selftest /dev/hdX.  Replace
the X again.

Hope you get a good report.  Mine passed.

Dale

:-)  :-)  :-)