Re: smartd

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

peter@easthope.ca wrote: 
> smartd reports to syslog.
> 
> Jan 22 08:49:17 joule smartd[563]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 155 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
> Jan 22 08:49:17 joule smartd[563]: Sending warning via /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner to root ...
> Jan 22 08:49:18 joule smartd[563]: Warning via /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner to root: successful
> Jan 22 08:49:18 joule smartd[563]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 132 Offline uncorrectable sectors
> 
> Two parts are available to mount /root; /root can be on /dev/sda1 or 
> /dev/sda2. /home is used minimally.  If the errors are clustered, the 
> bad area might be avoided easily in partitioning.
> 
> Feasible?  Can the locations of the errors be found?  Better to 
> replace the drive?

Offline uncorrectable is bad.

You should do a backup ASAP.

Then, you have a choice: if the number doesn't increase over,
say, the  next week, it's just a bad patch. If it does increase,
the drive is bad and needs to be replaced.

-dsr-