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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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+XQQuBn4EFUVUIO0RAv8tAKDG6UASmw/AH7AmWZSBVtqGAnM3TwCgiXHv ZroG421OyDV0rblX5bbz/KU= =lePp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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