Re: [smartmontools-support]Strange smartmon problem

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

I agree on all points below.

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Sebastian Vuorinen wrote:

> On Friday 17 March 2006 19:15, Thane Sherrington (S) wrote:
>> /dev/hda), it won't run another self test.  How do I force the hard
>> drive to run another self test?
>
>> Self-test execution status:      ( 248)	Self-test routine in progress...
>> 					80% of test remaining.
>
> This seems to indicate that there already is a test running. As far as I know,
> drives don't let you issue new tests as long as an old test is running.
> smartctl does have the -X/--abort command to abort running selftests.
>
> Also the SMART-data from your drive indicates that this drive has been in use
> somewhere. Power_On_Hours, Power_Cycle_Count and Start_Stop_Count are all
> consistent with a drive that has been running for some time.
>
> If you have bought this drive as new, I'd file a complaint.
>
> Sebastian
>
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