RE: S.M.A.R.T. messages - what do they mean
To my knowledge, SMART is a utility that allows the hard drive to report
certain conditions to the OS. However, it is up to the manufactor to
define what gets reported and when. Is this a new drive just put into the
system or did these messages just start appearing? Bottom line is that in
order to get any sort of certainty on what may be occuring, you will
probably have to refer to the drive manufacturer's docs on their SMART
reporting facility. However, in any case, I would make sure you have the
drive backed up and a spare ready. :-)
Joe
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Johnson [SMTP:ron.l.johnson@cox.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 2:55 PM
> To: Debian User
> Subject: Re: S.M.A.R.T. messages - what do they mean
>
> On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 15:42, René Seindal wrote:
> > I just got these messages from smartmontools on my laptop. I checked
> > the logs because the disk make a weird sound.
> >
> > Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count.
> > Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count.
> > Device: /dev/hda, SMART Usage Attribute: 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate changed
> from 99 to 98
> > Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count.
> >
> > I have had the Load_Cycle_Count messages before, but I have never been
> > able to figure out what they mean, in spite of much googling.
> >
> > What do these messages mean and do I need to buy a new harddisk?
>
> I think I'd start saving my (smallest coins in Denmark).
>
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