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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 20:03:56
Message-Id: CAGfcS_mjpG-t_cYfP26huqXwDbQzDw5Y+0vHLBP_7Nrd9_YGDQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good. by Dale
1 On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 3:37 PM Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > I'm sure there is many false positives out there but ignoring the real positives isn't a good solution either. By all means, if one wants to just wing it and hope for the best, disable SMART and take the risk. At some point, a drive will fail and without SMART, likely with no warning at all, not even a false one. ;-)
4 >
5
6 Agree in general, but your best practice is to be in a position where
7 you don't care if a drive fails without warning. Of course, warning
8 might be nice so that you can go ahead and start replacing it or
9 ordering spares.
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12 Rich