From: Philipp F. <phi...@gm...> - 2011-12-21 05:41:18
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20111220-Smartctl.txt
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Hello, attached the txt-file: The (external USB) Seagate Portable Expansion ST9640322AS apparently is not in your database. Also, there is a problem running the long offline test on it: It keeps aborting it after finishing about 10 per cent of the disk, and reports it as "manually aborted", even though I did not do anything (shown in the txt-file). Therefore, I have never been able to run a long test. Short tests work, though. Thank you! Greetings, Philipp |
From: Christian F. <Chr...@t-...> - 2011-12-23 13:13:30
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Philipp Fischer wrote: > Hello, > > attached the txt-file: > > The (external USB) Seagate Portable Expansion ST9640322AS apparently is > not in your database. Will be added soon. > Also, there is a problem running the long offline test on it: > It keeps aborting it after finishing about 10 per cent of the disk, and > reports it as "manually aborted", even though I did not do anything > (shown in the txt-file). Therefore, I have never been able to run a long > test. This may happen because the USB bridge sends sets the drive to standby after some time of inactivity. This aborts the self-test. Thanks, Christian |
From: Christian F. <Chr...@t-...> - 2012-01-03 12:44:15
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Philipp Fischer wrote: > Hello, > > attached the txt-file: > > The (external USB) Seagate Portable Expansion ST9640322AS apparently is > not in your database. Added in r3501, run /usr/sbin/update-smart-drivedb to test. BTW: The device is interesting: > Device Model: ST9640322AS > ... > Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical (offset 512 bytes) > It reports 4Ki physical sectors with 1 sector offset. If this info is correct, LBA 63 is mapped to LBA 64 or PBA 8. Unlike with other "Advanced Format" drives, traditional MBR partition layout (one partition at LBA 63) would be aligned properly to a physical sector boundary. But if this drive is partitioned with new tools, first partition (typically at LBA 2048) would not be aligned properly. Does Seagate document that fact? Thanks, Christian |