Hi, >> Posting the output of 'smartctl -a /dev/hda' (from smartmontools, insert >> your hard drive device name) might help as well. >>
The output from smatctl is fairly cryptic for me, posting it below: ======================================================== sudo smartctl -a /dev/hdc1 smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: SAMSUNG SV4084H Serial Number: 0274J1FR139181 Firmware Version: PM100-12 User Capacity: 40,822,161,408 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 4 ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-4 T13 1153D revision 17 Local Time is: Tue Apr 21 21:37:59 2009 IST ==> WARNING: May need -F samsung or -F samsung2 enabled; see manual for details. SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity was never started. Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 960) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x1b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No Conveyance Self-test supported. No Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. No General Purpose Logging support. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 16) minutes. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 9 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000a 100 100 051 Old_age Always - 210 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 094 094 000 Old_age Always - 6287 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 253 253 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 253 051 Old_age Always - 0 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0024 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 097 097 000 Old_age Always - 2136356 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 096 096 000 Old_age Always - 4064 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 253 253 010 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 253 253 010 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000a 100 100 051 Old_age Always - 0 201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate 0x000a 100 100 051 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 Warning: ATA error count 238 inconsistent with error log pointer 5 ATA Error Count: 238 (device log contains only the most recent five errors) CR = Command Register [HEX] FR = Features Register [HEX] SC = Sector Count Register [HEX] SN = Sector Number Register [HEX] CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX] CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX] DH = Device/Head Register [HEX] DC = Device Command Register [HEX] ER = Error register [HEX] ST = Status register [HEX] 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 238 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 17802 hours (741 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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 88 08 af 19 1c e0 8 sectors at LBA = 0x001c19af = 1841583 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- c8 00 08 af 19 1c e0 00 00:07:19.000 READ DMA ca 00 40 87 05 44 e0 00 00:07:19.000 WRITE DMA ca 00 10 47 05 44 e0 00 00:07:19.000 WRITE DMA ca 00 08 2f 05 44 e0 00 00:07:19.000 WRITE DMA ca 00 20 07 05 44 e0 00 00:07:19.000 WRITE DMA Error 237 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 17802 hours (741 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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 88 08 af 19 1c e0 8 sectors at LBA = 0x001c19af = 1841583 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- c8 00 08 af 19 1c e0 00 00:07:19.000 READ DMA ca 00 08 47 95 38 e0 00 00:07:19.000 WRITE DMA ca 00 08 af 02 38 e0 00 00:07:19.000 WRITE DMA ca 00 00 af 01 38 e0 00 00:07:19.000 WRITE DMA ca 00 18 8f 01 38 e0 00 00:07:19.000 WRITE DMA Error 236 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 17802 hours (741 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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 88 08 af 19 1c e0 8 sectors at LBA = 0x001c19af = 1841583 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- c8 00 08 af 19 1c e0 00 00:07:19.000 READ DMA ca 00 80 67 06 34 e0 00 00:07:19.000 WRITE DMA ca 00 08 57 06 34 e0 00 00:07:19.000 WRITE DMA ca 00 08 3f 06 34 e0 00 00:07:19.000 WRITE DMA ca 00 10 27 06 34 e0 00 00:07:19.000 WRITE DMA Error 235 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 17802 hours (741 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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 88 08 af 19 1c e0 8 sectors at LBA = 0x001c19af = 1841583 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- c8 00 08 af 19 1c e0 00 00:07:18.000 READ DMA c8 00 08 af 19 1c e0 00 00:10:04.000 READ DMA c8 00 08 17 5a ef e0 00 00:10:04.000 READ DMA c8 00 08 c7 c2 bf e0 00 00:10:04.000 READ DMA c8 00 08 0f 58 9d e0 00 00:10:04.000 READ DMA Error 234 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 17802 hours (741 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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 88 08 af 19 1c e0 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- b0 d5 01 01 4f c2 e0 00 00:33:17.000 SMART READ LOG b0 d1 01 01 4f c2 e0 00 00:33:17.000 SMART READ ATTRIBUTE THRESHOLDS [OBS-4] b0 d0 01 00 4f c2 e0 00 00:33:17.000 SMART READ DATA b0 da 00 00 4f c2 e0 00 00:33:17.000 SMART RETURN STATUS b0 da 00 00 4f c2 e0 00 00:33:17.000 SMART RETURN STATUS Warning! SMART Self-Test Log Structure error: invalid SMART checksum. SMART Self-test log structure revision number 0 Warning: ATA Specification requires self-test log structure revision number = 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] Device does not support Selective Self Tests/Logging ======================================================== Thanks in advance, Regards, Divick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org