harddrive failing? how to test it?

[Brian Densmore]

I would have to agree here. Uncorrectable sectors
is highly indicative of a drive failing. It could also be heat 
related as Chris says. Putting in a HD fan might help.

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Bier 
> 
> hanasaki wrote:
> | Any idea how to test a harddrive?  I have only Linux.  No MS
> |
> | The below info is really concerning!  I have never seen 
> this drive go
> | over 32C.
> |
> |
> | Aug 23 11:51:02 server smartd[14738]:
> | 	Device: /dev/hda, SMART Usage Attribute:
> | 	194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 145 to 139
> | Aug 23 12:21:02 server smartd[14738]:
> | 	Device: /dev/hda, 7 Offline uncorrectable sectors
> 
> 
> You're on the right track.  Since it's obvious that your 
> drive has SMART
> already, you can use smarttools to get more information out of it.  It
> looks like it might be over heating or unable to correct 
> sectors.  These
> are usually an indicator of a dying drive.  Linux Journal had a good
> article on SMART about a year ago.
> 
> This should give you quite a lot of information.
> smartctl -a /dev/hd?
> 
>