Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Apr 1999 12:38:32 -0500 (CDT) | From | Bob McElrath <> | Subject | Re: Failing drive? S.M.A.R.T. utilities? |
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Note that my SMART errors are on a SCSI drive, and seem to appear as SCSI errors. Looks like you guys are all talking about IDE...
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Andre M. Hedrick wrote:
> There is a widget that Gadi wrote and I have a copy of and will hunt for > it. I was working on new smart code additions but have been side tracked. > > On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Bob McElrath wrote: > > > On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Aaron Tiensivu wrote: > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > IBM might be able to help out, considering they initially wrote it (if I > > > remember right). > > > > I too have tried to contact IBM on this issue, and have received deafening > > silence. I get errors that appear in syslog that I'm fairly certain come > > from SMART, but I've no idea how to decode them. > > > > I'd be very interested in anything you come up with.
-- Bob
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
Bob McElrath (rsmcelrath@students.wisc.edu) Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison
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