Re: [gentoo-user] Smartd

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>]

On Donnerstag 23 Oktober 2008, Jon Hardcastle wrote:
> Probably not strictly a Gentoo issue, but as i am running Gentoo I'll see
> if the collective knowledge here can help me!
>
> I have a strange problem with my server. All the hard drives go to sleep
> after ~3hrs of inactivity. BUT if they happen to still be asleep when the
> scheduled smart check takes place you can hear it 'spin up' and just before
> you know the drive is 'up' smartd decides the drive isn't smart capable and
> gives up. I get log entries in 'messages' and dmesg and also smartd emails
> me to tell me the drive isn't smart capable.
>
> You get the same result if you do -a on a sleeping drive... it says the
> drive isn't capable.. run it again.. and Bob's your uncle. Any clues? Can
> you vary the time before it tries after a spin up?
>
> -----------------------
> N: Jon Hardcastle
> E: Jon@eHardcastle.com
> '..Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are
> fearful.' -----------------------

I am not sure what your problem really is - but why don't you exclude the 
drivers in /etc/conf.d/smartd?