Darrin Chandler wrote:
> On Sun, May 07, 2006 at 04:20:08PM -0700, Alex Dean wrote:
>> On May 7, 2006, at 3:44 PM, betty wrote:
>>
>>> also, i have s.m.a.r.t. turned off, should i have it 'one'????
>> When the hard drive on my Powerbook failed, the SMART diagnostics
>> warned me before the disk became unusable. I made sure I had full
>> backups, and then replaced the drive. Pretty darn painless, really.
>> I'm not sure if there are any special caveats for SMART and Linux,
>> but I was happy to have them turned on in that case.
>
> That was my single experience, too. At the time I didn't know what SMART
> was, and went Googling around and asking questions. The answers I got
> (from Linux people) were to keep SMART enabled, and if it gave errors to
> back up the drive *NOW* and replace it *NOW*. It's very nice to have
> enough warning to make a current backup before the drive quits forever.
>
I haven't had any drive failure experience (knock wood), but definitely,
turn it on! Someone (besides me, who does not know how) might write up a
brief 'how-to' to check various aspects of s.m.a.r.t. (I know how to
check if it's running, but that's it). Anyone want to chime in?
--
-Eric 'shubes'
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