Cool, thanks for the information Justin. Hopefully all turns out well.
On 8/6/07, Justin Piszcz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, smart short and long tests are safe, most people run them daily and > weekly without ever unmounting for long periods of time. > > Justin. > > On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Sam wrote: > > > Justin, > > Should I unmount the drive before doing the tests? > > > > Thanks, > > Sam > > > > On 8/6/07, Justin Piszcz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Sam wrote: > >> > >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >>> Hash: SHA1 > >>> > >>> Justin, here is the output from smartctl -a /dev/hda > >>> > >>> smartctl version 5.36 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce > >> Allen > >>> Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ > >> > >> Your disk looks OK to me, I have seen Device Status Error in the past > as > >> well but never suffered any ill effects. > >> > >> Some other things to try: > >> > >> smartctl -t short /dev/hda # wait 5min > >> smartclt -l selftest /dev/hda > >> > >> smartctl -t long /dev/hda # wait 6-120 min > >> smartclt -l selftest /dev/hda > >> > >> and/then show smartctl -a output again > >> if all the tests pass, your disk should be OK > >> > >> > >> > >> > > >
