On Donnerstag 23 Oktober 2008, Jon Hardcastle wrote: > Probably not strictly a Gentoo issue, but as i am running Gentoo I'll see > if the collective knowledge here can help me! > > I have a strange problem with my server. All the hard drives go to sleep > after ~3hrs of inactivity. BUT if they happen to still be asleep when the > scheduled smart check takes place you can hear it 'spin up' and just before > you know the drive is 'up' smartd decides the drive isn't smart capable and > gives up. I get log entries in 'messages' and dmesg and also smartd emails > me to tell me the drive isn't smart capable. > > You get the same result if you do -a on a sleeping drive... it says the > drive isn't capable.. run it again.. and Bob's your uncle. Any clues? Can > you vary the time before it tries after a spin up? > > ----------------------- > N: Jon Hardcastle > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > '..Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are > fearful.' -----------------------
I am not sure what your problem really is - but why don't you exclude the drivers in /etc/conf.d/smartd?
