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On 23 February 2012 21:29, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> [snip] |
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> I'm amazed but disconnecting and reconnecting the IDE and power cable |
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> fixed it. Which is your favorite tool for testing a HD's integrity |
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> with and without S.M.A.R.T. support? |
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[I] gnome-extra/gsmartcontrol [1] |
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Available versions: (~)0.8.6 {debug} |
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Installed versions: 0.8.6(16:47:27 13/02/12)(-debug) |
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Homepage: http://gsmartcontrol.berlios.de/ |
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Description: Graphical user interface for smartctl |
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[1] "sunrise" /var/lib/layman/sunrise |
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Is a great (and sorely needed) frontend for smartmontools - it even |
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colours lines in red when they indicate imminent failure! |
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Make sure that you have read the Google paper before trusting SMART |
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too far though -- they found (among other things) that it only |
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accurately predicts failure in 50% of cases. |
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