Is there any way to brief a beginner on how to read the output of "smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sda"? I'm having a hard time finding the line where it states "xx cycles in xx minutes". Here is what I can see from this command (some info has been left out):
Model Family: Hitachi Travelstar 5K100 series Device Model: HTS541010G9SA00 Firmware Version: MBZOC65D User Capacity: 100,030,242,816 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 7 ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 1 Local Time is: Wed Oct 24 07:06:02 2007 MDT SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 066 066 000 Old_age Always - 349519 -- default value in power.sh potentially kills laptop disks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
