Re: [smartmontools-support] Problem with new hard disk or smartctl shows wrong values ?

[sundararaj r. <sun...@go...>]

>
> RAW values are vendor specific. By default, smartctl prints RAW values as a
> 48-bit decimal value. Large RAW values does not necessarily indicate disk
> problems. Check the normalized VALUE instead.

Okay.


>> Firmware Version: CC4B
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>
> See below.
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>
>> ...
>>
>> ==> WARNING: A firmware update for this drive may be available,
>> see the following Seagate web pages:
>> http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/207931en
>> http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/223651en
>
> According to this page, the FW version CC4B FW was never released :-)

If you don't mind an out of topic question: How does one reliably
upgrade harddisk firmware in linux ?
hdparm's man page  says --fwdownload is "EXTREMELY  DANGEROUS" ... "DO
NOT USE THIS COMMAND."


>> ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED
>> WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
>>    1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   119   100   006    Pre-fail  Always
>> -       220256576
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>
> See:
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/FAQ#WhatdetailscanbeinterpretedfromRawreaderrorrate
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>> ...
>>
>> 241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline
>> -       75831532970
>> 242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline
>> -       1370263037066
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> RAW values suggest that the attribute names of 241 and 242 are wrong.

How/why do you say that ?

>
> All normalized VALUEs look good, so there is no sign of trouble.

Okay, thanks a lot.

-- 
Sundararaj