Mark Hull-Richter wrote:
>
> If the drive supports SMART, smartctl should be able to test it and
> display the diagnostics. I'd try to get a replacement before the
> warranty expires.
>
>
> But of course!
>
> What's interesting is that I currently have the SMART in the BIOS
> disabled, and the disk says it doesn't support SMART capability (per
> smartctl). I don't know if that's because the BIOS SMART is disabled,
> but I'm still going to put some pressure on it.
A real simple test for dumb drives is:
cat /dev/hda >/dev/null
^^^^ change appropriately for the device
and watch for errors to show up in /var/log/messages or dmesg.
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Les Mikesell
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