I think I broke it! bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ sudo hdparm -a /dev/sdc [sudo] password for bmike1: /dev/sdc: readahead = 256 (on) bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdc sudo: smartctl: command not found bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdc sudo: smartctl: command not found bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ sudo apt install smartctl Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package smartctl is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package 'smartctl' has no installation candidate bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 12:24 PM Carruth, Rusty wrote: > Running hdparm -a /dev/sda on one of my machines: > > > > smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [x86_64-linux-3.13.0-24-generic] (local > build) > > Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, > www.smartmontools.org > > > > === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === > > Model Family: Seagate Constellation ES.3 > > Device Model: ST1000NM0033-9ZM173 > > … > > === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === > > SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED > > …. > > Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine > completed > > … > > Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: > > ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED > WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE > > 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x010f 084 063 --- Pre-fail > Always - 235752913 > > 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0103 096 096 --- Pre-fail > Always - 0 > > 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age > Always - 41 > > 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0133 100 100 --- Pre-fail > Always - 0 > > 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 090 060 --- Pre-fail > Always - 983913522 > > 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 082 082 --- Old_age > Always - 15937 > > 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 --- Pre-fail > Always - 0 > > 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age > Always - 40 > > 184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age > Always - 0 > > 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age > Always - 0 > > 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age > Always - 0 > > 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 --- Old_age > Always - 0 > > 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 066 056 --- Old_age > Always - 34 (Min/Max 29/39) > > 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age > Always - 0 > > 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age > Always - 39 > > 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 --- Old_age > Always - 1651 > > 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 034 044 --- Old_age > Always - 34 (0 22 0 0 0) > > 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 050 014 --- Old_age > Always - 235752913 > > 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 000 000 --- Old_age > Always - 21845 > > 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 --- Old_age > Always - 0 > > 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 --- Old_age Offline > - 0 > > 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 --- Old_age > Always - 0 > > 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0000 100 253 --- Old_age > Offline - 51784420702786 > > 241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0000 100 253 --- Old_age > Offline - 79938736737 > > 242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0000 100 253 --- Old_age > Offline - 90381241252 > > > > SMART Error Log Version: 1 > > No Errors Logged > > … > > > > Notice that we have ‘pre-fail’ and ‘old-age’ above, and especially the > ‘Overall-health self-assessment’. That one is the one that the BIOS checks > to see if the drive is dying. > > > > The important ones in the above list, from the point of view of failure > alerting (IMHO), are reallocated sector count (5), raw read error rate (1), > attributes 10-188, hardware ecc recovered (195), reallocated event count > (196), offline uncorrectable (198). (If you see a lot of UDMA CRC Errors, > that’s probably a cabling issue, assuming I actually understand what the > vendor is using that attribute for!). > > > > First, let me back up and say that, since there were no errors logged, > this drive is PROBABLY happy and not going to fail ‘real soon’. But, the > raw read error and seek error rates aren’t as low as I’d like. On the > other hand, this IS a rotating drive, so maybe that’s normal. On the other > hand, I compared that drive with another rotator, and that other one has 0 > raw read errors, 0 reallocated sectors, 0 seek errors, 0 reallocated > events, 0 offline uncorrectable, etc. The second one has been running > 21,596 hours. > > > > A third drive has similar zeros for errors, but yet has had 8 errors: > > > > ATA Error Count: 8 (device log contains only the most recent five errors) > > … > > Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as > > DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes, > > SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days. > > > > Error 8 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 5610 hours (233 days + 18 > hours) > > When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active > or idle. > > > > After command completion occurred, registers were: > > ER ST SC SN CL CH DH > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > > 84 51 18 2d aa 03 e0 Error: ICRC, ABRT at LBA = 0x0003aa2d = 240173 > > > > Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: > > CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- > > ca 00 28 1d aa 03 e0 08 48d+06:41:01.204 WRITE DMA > > > > Anyway, watch these numbers, and if they start changing much start looking > for a replacement disk J If you start getting lots of errors in the > error log, that’s probably significant also. > > > > Rusty > > > > *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] *On > Behalf Of *Michael > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 27, 2018 11:00 AM > *To:* PLUG > *Subject:* Re: rm > > > > What do the p r e f a i l attributes look like? > > > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2018, 00:28 Carruth, Rusty wrote: > > You might want to check syslog (or messages) to see if the drive is > getting errors. (which is to say, getting ready to die) > > > > Or use smartctl -a to see what the SMART attributes say (look for the > ‘pre-fail’ attributes). Or, best, do both. > > > > > > Rusty > > > > > > *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] *On > Behalf Of *Michael > *Sent:* Thursday, November 22, 2018 8:50 AM > *To:* PLUG > *Subject:* Re: rm > > > > I ran fsck. It just returned through. So then I reformatted it with > gparted. So all is well (I guess). I did have to restart the computer after > the reformat though (don't remember why) but everything seemed okay. Oh > yeaaaaa! I think I had to restart it because it would not unmount and I > figured I would try to restart it and if it would gracefully do so it would > be good. And it did and upon restart the drive auto mounted. > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 11:56 PM Eric Oyen wrote: > > Ok, unmount the drive, then run > > Sudo fsck > > When completed, remount and then try to remove the files using: > > Sudo rm -rf > > > > -Eric > > > > > > On Nov 21, 2018, at 8:53 PM, Michael wrote: > > > > this is interesting: I tried accessing 'Neil' from the GUI but get an > error: > > Sorry, could not display all the contents of "Neil": Error when getting > information for file '/media/bmike1/Seagate Expansion > Drive/Documents/Business/CablingJobs/Neil/IMG_20150205_180721.jpg': > Input/output error) > > and when I attempt to access it from a tty get: > > $ ls Neil/ > > ls: cannot access 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180604.jpg': Input/output error > > ls: cannot access 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180721.jpg': Input/output error > > ls: cannot access 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180827.jpg': Input/output error > > ls: cannot access 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180903.jpg': Input/output error > > ls: cannot access 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180917.jpg': Input/output error > > ls: cannot access 'Neil/quote.docx': Input/output error > > IMG_20150205_180559.jpg IMG_20150205_180827.jpg quote.docx > > IMG_20150205_180604.jpg IMG_20150205_180903.jpg > > IMG_20150205_180721.jpg IMG_20150205_180917.jpg > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 10:44 PM Michael wrote: > > how do I delete the following files>? > > > > /media/bmike1/Seagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Business/CablingJobs $ > sudo rm -rf Neil/ > > rm: cannot remove 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180604.jpg': Input/output error > > rm: cannot remove 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180721.jpg': Input/output error > > rm: cannot remove 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180827.jpg': Input/output error > > rm: cannot remove 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180903.jpg': Input/output error > > rm: cannot remove 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180917.jpg': Input/output error > > rm: cannot remove 'Neil/quote.docx': Input/output error > > > > these are the only files on the drive. > > > > -- > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > > -- > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- :-)~MIKE~(-: