Hi: Running updated Debian on a pretty old iMac. Seeing messages that complain about sda, only drive in the system:
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000e 100 253 006 Old_age Always - 0 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 095 093 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 093 093 020 Old_age Always - 7818 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 087 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 521708297 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 045 045 000 Old_age Always - 48690 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 098 098 020 Old_age Always - 2325 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 045 037 045 Old_age Always FAILING_NOW 55 (255 255 60 26 0) 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 055 063 000 Old_age Always - 55 (0 19 0 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 056 047 000 Old_age Always - 44745763 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 202 Data_Address_Mark_Errs 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 I think this means its time to replace the hard drive, any other thoughts? thanks in advance, If more appropriate for another listh please advise. Bob Crochelt