Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-16 Thread George N. White III
On 16 March 2017 at 11:19, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > Yes, I have been buying WD 1TB drives, 7200 rpm, sometimes Seagate when > the price is right. I don't have a specific need for this one, it was an > old TV device that they had not provided a return label for, told my > daughter to toss it and she

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-16 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 03/16/17 09:48, Robert Nichols wrote: That looks fine. The drive has no reallocated sectors, and apparently sat there well cooled and seldom power cycled during the ~2.6 years it was in use. It's a Seagate drive, so the high raw values for Raw_Read_Error_Rate, Seek_Error_Rate, and Hard

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-16 Thread Robert Nichols
On 03/15/2017 08:09 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: Once more, I can read this on my browser, probably should have tested it that way first time around. https://da.gd/UTWv -> https://paste.fedoraproject.org/paste/uz9uxrIQusCNoM9L95xrjl5M1UNdIGYhyRLivL9gydE=/ That looks fine. The drive has no realloca

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-16 Thread Denis Leroy
I had one batch of drives that needed a firmware update. The drives were all in USB cases, but to apply the firmware updates using the vendor's utility I had to remove each drive from the USB case and install in an old PC. Yes, that sounds familiar :-) I did manage to update a couple of

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-16 Thread George N. White III
On 16 March 2017 at 07:44, Denis Leroy wrote: > The output looks good to me. > > > You should be able to run the long test, even through the USB interface. > Good point about the firmware update, although a quick look on the web > doesn't indicate an update is available. Many disk drives firmware

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-16 Thread Denis Leroy
The output looks good to me. You should be able to run the long test, even through the USB interface. Good point about the firmware update, although a quick look on the web doesn't indicate an update is available. Many disk drives firmware can be updated from Linux with the hdparm tool (hdpar

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-16 Thread George N. White III
On 15 March 2017 at 22:09, Bob Goodwin wrote: > + > Once more, I can read this on my browser, probably should have tested it > that way first time around. > > https://da.gd/UTWv -> https://paste.fedoraproject.or > g/paste/uz9uxrIQusCNoM9L95xrjl5M1UNdIGYhyRLivL9gydE=/ > > No cause for concern in t

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-15 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 03/15/17 20:02, George N. White III wrote: On 15 March 2017 at 20:24, Bob Goodwin > wrote: On 03/15/17 18:17, Chris Murphy wrote: smartctl -x /dev/sdX + If I did this right it should be at: https://da.gd/sldkA -> https://paste.f

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-15 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 03/15/17 20:02, George N. White III wrote: -- George N. White III > Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia + Ok, this should work, else I'll give up :-) https://da.gd/BxB5 -> https://paste.fedoraproject.org/paste/~OO~kvj3ivc4VwPmzxrQiV5M1UNdIGYhyRLivL9gydE=

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-15 Thread George N. White III
On 15 March 2017 at 20:24, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 03/15/17 18:17, Chris Murphy wrote: > >> smartctl -x /dev/sdX >> > + > > If I did this right it should be at: > > https://da.gd/sldkA -> https://paste.fedoraproject.or > g/paste/~~WGMtiW1SjbHFQuVIgBnF5M1UNdIGYhyRLivL9gydE=/ > > That just shows: "

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-15 Thread George N. White III
On 15 March 2017 at 14:37, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I just salvaged the hard drive from an abandoned DirectTV box that > "smoked." Note: With their approval ... > If the DTV box was heavily used it might be considered a high I/O application, but typical few hours a day use shouldn't be hard on the d

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-15 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 03/15/17 18:17, Chris Murphy wrote: smartctl -x /dev/sdX + If I did this right it should be at: https://da.gd/sldkA -> https://paste.fedoraproject.org/paste/~~WGMtiW1SjbHFQuVIgBnF5M1UNdIGYhyRLivL9gydE=/ -- Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 FEDORA-25/64b

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-15 Thread Robert Nichols
On 03/15/2017 03:00 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 03/15/17 14:55, Robert Nichols wrote: On 03/15/2017 01:10 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 03/15/17 13:48, a...@clueserver.org wrote: Any thoughts on making sense of smrtctl are appreciated. Gnome-disks will give you clearer information. Run the tests us

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-15 Thread Chris Murphy
# smartctl -x /dev/sdX Optionally piped to fpaste and post the URL. -- Chris Murphy ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-15 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 03/15/17 14:55, Robert Nichols wrote: On 03/15/2017 01:10 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 03/15/17 13:48, a...@clueserver.org wrote: Any thoughts on making sense of smrtctl are appreciated. Gnome-disks will give you clearer information. Run the tests using that instead. + Perhaps if I had th

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-15 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 03/15/17 14:59, Denis Leroy wrote: smartctl is your friend when it comes to evaluating a disk drive health. Keep in mind, though, that SMART is not fool proof. Some disk damage may not be caught by SMART, but if SMART says your drive is damaged, then it probably is. First, check the ove

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-15 Thread Denis Leroy
smartctl is your friend when it comes to evaluating a disk drive health. Keep in mind, though, that SMART is not fool proof. Some disk damage may not be caught by SMART, but if SMART says your drive is damaged, then it probably is. First, check the overall health status ((replace /dev/sda with

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-15 Thread Robert Nichols
On 03/15/2017 01:10 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 03/15/17 13:48, a...@clueserver.org wrote: Any thoughts on making sense of smrtctl are appreciated. Gnome-disks will give you clearer information. Run the tests using that instead. + Perhaps if I had the right command. The man page only shows thr

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-15 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 03/15/17 13:48, a...@clueserver.org wrote: Any thoughts on making sense of smrtctl are appreciated. Gnome-disks will give you clearer information. Run the tests using that instead. + Perhaps if I had the right command. The man page only shows three options. I tried: # gnome-disks --bloc

Re: Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-15 Thread alan
> I just salvaged the hard drive from an > abandoned DirectTV box that "smoked." > Note: With their approval ... > > I'm just trying to determine how much > confidence I can have in it. It was > interesting to see that it was formatted > Linux XFS initially. I reworked it with > gparted and ext4 t

Interpreting smartctl data -

2017-03-15 Thread Bob Goodwin
I just salvaged the hard drive from an abandoned DirectTV box that "smoked." Note: With their approval ... I'm just trying to determine how much confidence I can have in it. It was interesting to see that it was formatted Linux XFS initially. I reworked it with gparted and ext4 to test it.