RE: what is S.M.A.R.T and do I need it when I'm using freebsd (5. x...)

2004-09-03 Thread Michael Clark
SMART is not needed for anything. It will only warn you when your hard disks are going bad. I don't ever remember anything about it actually remapping sectors. Its a hardware function, so it has nothing to do with FreeBSD really. > -Original Message- > From: Angelin Lalev [mailto:[EMAI

Re: what is S.M.A.R.T and do I need it when I'm using freebsd (5.x...)

2004-09-03 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jan 02), Angelin Lalev said: > It seems that the bios setup utility on my desktop machine (MB. > GA-8IPE1000-G Pro) does not support turning on S.M.A.R.T. > > I remember that long ago I've read somewhere in the net that > S.M.A.R.T has to do something with remapping the bad se

Re: what is S.M.A.R.T and do I need it when I'm using freebsd (5.x...)

2004-09-03 Thread Bill Moran
The date on your computer is wrong: Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 09:50:41 +0200 Sorry I don't know the answer to your question. Angelin Lalev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've got this question that bugs me. > > It seems that the bios setup utility on my desktop machine (MB. > GA-8