On Tue 16 Jun 2009 21:27:10 NZST +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > PS Did I say "smartmontools"? > > > Hmmm let's take this machine and have a look...
The question was regarding a 120GB hard disk drive. There are none of those that don't support smart. It became the "done thing" around 10GB or so. Or in other words, there are no disk drives still under warranty that don't do smart. Of course if the disk is USB connected you're SOOL. Make appropriate temporary arrangements (any commercial tools won't save you here either because the USB adapter blocks the relevant low-level disk commands). Those mobile SATA racks are mightily convenient; for IDE, see SOOL above (-> open case, plug in cable to spare IDE connector). And if the disk is raid-controller connected, then it's basically 1) an Areca, and it just works 2) a 3ware, and support is pretty there (I understand) 3) some piece of rubbish, probably Highpoint, in which case it's "just desserts", 4) like 3, but you're using it in non-raid mode as simple controller, with Linux kernel raid, in which case smart should work too. So basically I don't see a problem, because there isn't one. If your hardware is buggered, you're wasting your time debugging your software, so smartmontools is mandatory, not optional. And it's step 1, not step 15. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
