[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Hard drive failing? [OT]



On Tue, 04 Oct 2011, Mark Panen wrote:
> I am running "smartctl -t long /dev/xxx" how do i  get the output of
> the log file once it's finished? man page is unclear.

smartctl --xall will tell you everything and then some.  If it doesn't
work, use smartctl -a.

You probably also want to use "-d sat" on all smartctl commands if it is
an directly attached ATA device (i.e. not USB, and not connected through
a hardware RAID card).

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh


Reply to: