Howdy, I run this test every once in a while. How bad is this:
root@fireball / # smartctl -l selftest /dev/sdc smartctl 6.1 2013-03-16 r3800 [x86_64-linux-3.14.0-gentoo] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline Completed: read failure 60% 16365 2905482560 # 2 Extended offline Completed: read failure 60% 16352 2905482560 # 3 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 8044 - # 4 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 3121 - And better yet, is there any way to tell it to not use that part and finish the test? It seems it stopped when it got to that, or I think it did. Thoughts? Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!