Re: [smartmontools-support]what does this errror mean

[Bruce A. <ba...@gr...>]

> I started the smart tools on my compter and after running for a  day
> I found this in the /var/log/messages several times.
> 
> What does this error message mean?
> 
>  Device: /dev/hda, SMART Prefailure Attribute: 7 Seek_Error_Rate changed 
> from 200 to 100

It's not an error message, just informational. It means that the
normalized value of Attribute #7 changed.

You get these messages because you have an (explicity or implied) '-p'
option in /etc/smartd.conf.

If you find these messages annoying, turn them off with '-I 7' in
/etc/smartd.conf.

Please see 'man smartd' and 'man smartd.conf' for more info.

Cheers,
	Bruce