Messages in this thread | | | From | Uwe Bonnes <> | Date | Sun, 18 Apr 1999 14:01:42 +0200 (MEST) | Subject | Re: linux-kernel-digest V1 #3687 |
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Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net> writes: > > From: Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net> > Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 15:33:59 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: Re: Failing drive? S.M.A.R.T. utilities? > > On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Steve Philp wrote: > > Also, I notice that /proc/ide/hdc contains a couple files with > > S.M.A.R.T. values. Are there any utilities which will convert this to > > usable (for humans) information? Maybe those contain some clues about > > the problem? > > Much of the SMART values are custom for each drive. I have asked members > of the IDE committee (specifically, the individuals involved in writing > the SMART specification) for explanation of SMART values and have received > deafening silence in reply. > > You can try writing them too but dont expect a response. They are > mark.evans@quantum.com and pete_mclean@maxtor.com
Haven't some of the Disk manufactures like IBM joint Linux International and other Linux organisations? Shouldn't those manufcatures be more willingly?
Bye
Uwe Bonnes bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de
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