palimpsest seems to check the raw value against the threshold for reallocated sectors.
All other smart utilities seem to check the normalised value against the threshold. This seems to be more logical, however the developer of palimpsest seems to think the first behavior is correct as noted by him in this bug report https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500079 ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #500079 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500079 -- palimpsest bad sectors false positive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438136 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs