Re: [gentoo-user] smartd Prefailure messages

[Mick]

On Thursday 20 December 2007, Dale wrote:
> Mick wrote:
> > This has been going on for some time, but nothing has yet gone bang!  I
> > can't understand what the errors mean.  They seem to occur every other
> > day.  The machine is a laptop.  Also I am not sure if these errors
> > occurred when I forced a reboot a few times when a WiFi USB driver
> > crashed and locked up my keyboard.  Should I be worried?
> >
> > ======================================================
> > # cat /var/log/messages | grep Prefailure
> > Dec 17 13:36:15 lappy smartd[6284]: Device: /dev/hda, SMART Prefailure
> > Attribute: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate changed from 99 to 98
> > Dec 17 22:00:27 lappy smartd[6267]: Device: /dev/hda, SMART Prefailure
> > Attribute: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate changed from 98 to 99
> > Dec 19 14:37:02 lappy smartd[6268]: Device: /dev/hda, SMART Prefailure
> > Attribute: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate changed from 99 to 100
> > Dec 19 14:37:02 lappy smartd[6268]: Device: /dev/hda, SMART Prefailure
> > Attribute: 2 Throughput_Performance changed from 105 to 100
> > Dec 19 14:37:02 lappy smartd[6268]: Device: /dev/hda, SMART Prefailure
> > Attribute: 8 Seek_Time_Performance changed from 120 to 100
> > Dec 19 16:07:01 lappy smartd[6268]: Device: /dev/hda, SMART Prefailure
> > Attribute: 2 Throughput_Performance changed from 100 to 105
> > Dec 19 16:07:01 lappy smartd[6268]: Device: /dev/hda, SMART Prefailure
> > Attribute: 8 Seek_Time_Performance changed from 100 to 116
> > ======================================================
>
> I get those a lot too.  I have a question, can you post the output of
> hdparm -i /dev/hda .  I have two Maxtor drives and both of mine gives a
> very similar error.  My Western Digital doesn't have any errors at all.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)

Here ya' go:
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# hdparm -i /dev/hda

/dev/hda:

 Model=IC25N020ATMR04-0, FwRev=MO1OAD5A, SerialNo=MRX107K1DS623H
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1740kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
 CurCHS=17475/15/63, CurSects=16513875, LBA=yes, LBAsects=39070080
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
 DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 
 AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
 Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a:  ATA/ATAPI-2,3,4,5,6

 * signifies the current active mode
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Regards,
Mick