On 06/07/2011 08:02 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: [snip]
- install SMART utilities and run "smartctl -A /dev/<your drive> -- the first line is usually the "raw read error" rate -- if the value (last entry on the line) is anything except 0, that's the sign that your drive is failing, if it's in the 1000s, failure is imminent, it's just that your drive's internal software is hiding it from you - replace it!
Then why does smartctl give my disk a green light? http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson/smart_window.png -- "Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt." Samuel Adams, essay in The Public Advertiser, 1749