On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:11:58 -0400 Robert Heller wrote: > The disk's *firmware* updated itself. ... > Appearently, palimpsest does some of what smartctl does: accesses the > SMART data on the drive. This is completely independent of smartd. > Smartd is a daemon that runs in the background and periodicly accesses > the SMART data on the drive(s) and if there is some sort of notworthly > problem or condition (too hot, bad sectors being remapped, etc.), it > logs it and sends an E-Mail to root at localhost. Ah! The light just came on. Thanks ever so much for the explanation! -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com www.creekfm.com - FIFTY THOUSAND WATTS of POW WOW POWER!