harddrive failing? how to test it?
Brian Densmore
DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com
Tue Aug 24 16:45:36 CDT 2004
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?
>
>
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