Re: [smartmontools-support] What does "aborted by host" mean?

[BitBucket <fil...@gm...>]

Good Dr. Rees:

You are so right, and win the prize for solving this puzzle in the very 
first try.

As  worked on this problem, I thought that might conceivably be the 
problem, so a couple of days ago turned off the Windows power saving 
mode that spins the disks down after 15 minutes of inactivity.  Bingo.

Thanks for the confirmation.  Let me know your address so that I can 
have Michael Anthony come by your place with the white envelope.

-- Roy Zider

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To: "BitBucket" <fil...@gm...>
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Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 11:51
Subject: Re: [smartmontools-support] What does "aborted by host" mean?


On Wed 21st Jul, 2010 at 19:31, BitBucket seems to have written:

> Hi:
>
> I'm having trouble with a disk running extended offline (-t long) that
> always ends up "aborted by host" at maybe 70% remaining.  On the other
> hand, short test (-t short) finishes OK, and Seatools runs the long 
> DST
> OK.
>
> I've been searching the archives and can't find a definition of what
> "aborted by host" means or what causes it.

I just replaced my hard disk and was seeing this too. I think what was
happening in my case was that the system was spinning the disk down
because I use an energy saving setting to "put the hard disk to sleep
whenever possible" which spins down all hard disks not in use. My guess
is that the OS doesn't see the drive self-test as "use" and that aborts
the test. So I temporarily unchecked that option and the extended test
completed without issue.

Do you have any similar settings which might be doing the same thing?
If so, try temporarily disabling them before running the test.

- cfr

> Thanks
>
> -- Roy Zider
>