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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] favorite smartctl test?
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:38:38
Message-Id: 201202241137.19939.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] favorite smartctl test? by Grant
1 On Friday 24 Feb 2012 02:44:00 Grant wrote:
2 > I'm trying to figure out how far gone an old Maxtor HD of mine is. It
3 > does have S.M.A.R.T. support. Is there a favorite smartctl command
4 > for making this determination? 'smartctl -a /dev/sda' says:
5 >
6 > SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
7 >
8 > and:
9 >
10 > ATA Error Count: 116
11 >
12 > Is a self-test in order?
13 >
14 > - Grant
15
16 Run smartctl --capabilities /dev/hda to find out what tests the drive can do.
17
18 If goes without saying that if you suspect the drive use ddrescue to make a
19 back up before you start running any tests, just in case there is a problem
20 that a new cable/ribbon won't fix.
21
22 --
23 Regards,
24 Mick

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