On Wednesday 07 November 2007 20:40, Sunny wrote: > ... > > For what I understand - the test failed, and no previous tests have > been ever run. You should be able to get the test results with > smartctl -l error. > > Also, you may use startctl -t long again, and try -l selftest again, > just to see if it updates the tests count.
After a second test (this time with the drive unmounted from the file system), the results are now: -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- % smartctl -t long /dev/sda smartctl version 5.37 [i686-suse-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION === Sending command: "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode". Drive command "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode" successful. Testing has begun. Please wait 72 minutes for test to complete. Test will complete after Wed Nov 7 21:27:44 2007 % smartctl -l selftest /dev/sda smartctl version 5.37 [i686-suse-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === 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 90% 4766 261202 # 2 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90% 4762 261202 % smartctl -l error /dev/sda smartctl version 5.37 [i686-suse-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- I'm not finding this very clear... Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
