Re: [smartmontools-support] smartctl -t long takes forever

[Gabriele P. <gp...@di...>]

Hi Dan,

On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 17:24 -0400, Dan Christensen wrote:
>   Extended self-test routine
>   recommended polling time:        ( 163) minutes.
> 
> but the current test has been running for 3.5 days and is only 50% done.

the test will use disks idle time to work.
Is the disc more active at the time?

Is it possible, that you do an umount,
before starting the test?

HTH & cheers,

Gabriele