Re: [smartmontools-support]bad sectors with freebsd

[Bruce A. <ba...@gr...>]

> > Here's an idea.  It probably won't work but give it a try.  Try
> >   smartctl -t offline
> > to see if after a few minutes this sets the offline uncorrectable count
> > back to zero.
> 
> I have tried the long, short and offline tests with no results :(
> is there a way to debug? I mean, maybe I could send you more useful
> informations...

It's not smartmontools: you'd need a way to debug the drive's firmware.

> > In the worst case you can always 'turn off' the log warning message using 
> >   -U 0
> > in /etc/smartd.conf.
> 
> but that wont report any other uncorrectable errors....

Correct.

> could it be a bug in my samsung device?
> As already reported I have noticed that the serial number reported by
> smartctl is all zeroes....

Yes, that's weird.  Can you check that you get the same behavior with a
knoppix 3.6 bootable CD and linux?

Cheers,
	Bruce