Am Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:09:03 -0500 schrieb Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com>:
> 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? I have no idea, really, but I had a similar situation that was caused by a loose SATA connection. In my case the drive stopped working first, then after checking the SATA connection, it was detected again, but didn't work correctly, including failing its SMART extended tests at a specific sector. Then, after fiddling with the connection several weeks later, it started working flawlessly again. I plan on buying SATA cables with clips, now :-/ (though I have to check if that will work with my mainboard first). Otherwise, to reiterate what J. Roeleveld wrote: backups, backups, backups ;) . > Dale > > :-) :-) HTH -- Marc Joliet -- "People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup
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