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> This would be a sweet addition to Mandrake's base install:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartsuite/
>
> to compile on Mandrake, download the src.rpm and rpm -ivh it. Then edit
> the /usr/src/RPM/SPEC/smartsuite-2.1.spec file, go to the bottom and
> replace:
>
> /usr/man/man8/smartctl.8.gz
> /usr/man/man8/smartd.8.gz
>
> with
>
> /usr/man/man8/smartctl.8.bz2
> /usr/man/man8/smartd.8.bz2
>
> Now rpm -bb /usr/src/RPM/SPEC/smartsuite-2.1.spec and rpm -ivh the
> generated RPM. Next edit /etc/init.d/smartd and insert something like:
>
> # chkconfig: 2345 05 97
>
> in the comments at the top & run chkconfig smartd on, then service
> smartd start. This will dump any SMART errors into the syslog as they
> happen. You can also get extended info on the fly and run some intensive
> tests with smartctl, but that data looks tough to interpret.

Ben Reser maintains a related rpm called 'hddtemp' which pulls harddrive temps 
out of the smart data.

- -- 
Mark Watts
Systems Engineer
QinetiQ TIM
St Andrews Road, Malvern
GPG Public Key available on request.
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