also sprach Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> [2007.08.23.1449 +0200]: > I don't know how to test the actual functioning of a spare drive. With > no activity on a spare, S.M.A.R.T. may not have any data to go on. Yes, it will. Obviously, use of a drive will more likely cause errors, but as long as SMART does not report any, the drive is ready to go. Also, SMART can run low-level tests itself. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck - http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems a gourmet concerned about calories is like a punter eyeing the clock.
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