T o n g wrote: > I noticed that SMART configuration has changed dramatically since last > time I looked into it. > > Anyone care to explain how to configure SMART for a simple task as > regular selftests on sda please? Edit /etc/smartd.conf, read the DEVICESCAN comment and then comment out the first DEVICESCAN line. # Most users should comment out DEVICESCAN and explicitly # list the devices that they wish to monitor. #DEVICESCAN -d removable -n standby ... Then scroll down to the first hda line, copy it, uncomment it, change it from hda to sda. The comments there explain: # Monitor all attributes, enable automatic online data collection, # automatic Attribute autosave, and start a short self-test every # day between 2-3am, and a long self test Saturdays between 3-4am. /dev/sda -a -d sat -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03) (Or use whatever schedule seems reasonable to you. This one seems pretty good to me.) Edit /etc/default/smartmontools and set: start_smartd=yes Then restart the daemon. # /etc/init.d/smartmontools restart Bob
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