Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

[Marc Joliet]

Am Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:09:03 -0500
schrieb Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>:

> Howdy,
>
> I run this test every once in a while.  How bad is this:
>
> root@fireball / # smartctl -l selftest /dev/sdc
> smartctl 6.1 2013-03-16 r3800 [x86_64-linux-3.14.0-gentoo] (local build)
> Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
>
> === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
> SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
> Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining
> LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
> # 1  Extended offline    Completed: read failure       60%
> 16365         2905482560
> # 2  Extended offline    Completed: read failure       60%
> 16352         2905482560
> # 3  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%
> 8044         -
> # 4  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%
> 3121         -
>
> And better yet, is there any way to tell it to not use that part and
> finish the test?  It seems it stopped when it got to that, or I think it
> did.
>
> Thoughts?

I have no idea, really, but I had a similar situation that was caused by a
loose SATA connection.  In my case the drive stopped working first, then after
checking the SATA connection, it was detected again, but didn't work correctly,
including failing its SMART extended tests at a specific sector. Then, after
fiddling with the connection several weeks later, it started working flawlessly
again.  I plan on buying SATA cables with clips, now :-/ (though I have to check
if that will work with my mainboard first).

Otherwise, to reiterate what J. Roeleveld wrote: backups, backups, backups ;) .

> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)

HTH
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Marc Joliet
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