Re: [smartmontools-support]Disk Drive Outputs

[Phil W. <ph...@su...>]

Hi Michael,

On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 02:31:30PM -0600, Michael Bendzick wrote:
> 
> If it's not included in the known-drives, and I have the drive, do you want
> a smartctl -a for any drive I have to offer?

Definitely.

> Is there any other detail
> besides that basic output that I should include with the report (i.e. my own
> opinion of if it reports in hours/minutes, etc.)?

Please run a short self-test on the drive using:

	smartctl -t short /dev/hd?

(should only take a few minutes to run) before running 'smartctl -a'.  This
helps us understand how to interpret Attribute 9.

Your own interpretation of Attribute 9, or any other Attributes that are
behaving strangely, is very useful too.

Thanks,
Phil