Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "Invalid boot diskette" what do I do?
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:12:12
Message-Id: 4451761.FVSmhhvzIP@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] "Invalid boot diskette" what do I do? by Grant
1 Am Samstag, 25. Februar 2012, 21:14:21 schrieb Grant:
2 > >> [snip]
3 > >>
4 > >> I'm amazed but disconnecting and reconnecting the IDE and power cable
5 > >> fixed it. Which is your favorite tool for testing a HD's integrity
6 > >> with and without S.M.A.R.T. support?
7 > >
8 > > [I] gnome-extra/gsmartcontrol [1]
9 > > Available versions: (~)0.8.6 {debug}
10 > > Installed versions: 0.8.6(16:47:27 13/02/12)(-debug)
11 > > Homepage: http://gsmartcontrol.berlios.de/
12 > > Description: Graphical user interface for smartctl
13 > >
14 > > [1] "sunrise" /var/lib/layman/sunrise
15 > >
16 > > Is a great (and sorely needed) frontend for smartmontools - it even
17 > > colours lines in red when they indicate imminent failure!
18 >
19 > That sounds good but I shy away from GUI tools. How does everyone go
20 > about using smartctl for monitoring? Maybe just 'smartctl -a
21 > /dev/sda' emailed daily?
22 >
23 > - Grant
24
25 cat /etc/smartd.conf
26
27 /dev/sdb -m root@localhost -d ata -a -o on -S on -s (S/../../4/17|L/../(01|
28 15)/./20)
29 /dev/sdc -m root@localhost -d ata -a -o on -S on -s (S/../../4/17|L/../(01|
30 15)/./20)
31 /dev/sdd -m root@localhost -d ata -a -o on -S on -s (S/../../4/17|L/../(01|
32 15)/./20)
33 /dev/sde -m root@localhost -d ata -a -o on -S on -s (S/../../4/17|L/../(01|
34 15)/./20)
35 /dev/sdf -m root@localhost -d ata -a -o on -S on -s (S/../../4/17|L/../(01|
36 15)/./20)
37 /dev/sdg -m root@localhost -d ata -a -o on -S on -s (S/../../4/17|L/../(01|
38 15)/./20)
39 /dev/sdh -m root@localhost -d ata -a -o on -S on -s (S/../../4/17|L/../(01|
40 15)/./20)
41
42
43 postfix dumps all those mails into my mailbox
44
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