From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E541A13877A for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:27:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E5B67E0B88; Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:27:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB7D4E09AD for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:27:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (shooty.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.8]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 0AF3824313 for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2014 11:27:46 +0100 (BST) Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 11:27:36 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Contradictionary behaviour of SMART on hds ?!? Message-ID: <20140727112736.54eb3995@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20140727101247.GA3817@solfire> References: <20140727101247.GA3817@solfire> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.10.1-119-g7fbc83 (GTK+ 2.24.24; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/L1WKWUEKpQbr9fF0PkKJbAm"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 85399ff7-67d6-4141-bb65-c8a86e0879ac X-Archives-Hash: aeefac081f5096cb040d4fe8a33e88f6 --Sig_/L1WKWUEKpQbr9fF0PkKJbAm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:12:47 +0200, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > On the one hand, the surface test (extended offline and such) aborts > as soon the first read fgailure happens. >=20 > On the other hand it is said: If the count of bad sectors increases > over time it is time to change the hd. >=20 > How can the second happen, if the first is true??? My understanding is that the test only aborts if the error is severe enough to force it to do so. A simple bad block can be skipped and the rest of the drive tested. I've had a couple of drives get to the stage where SMART tests abort at an error and in both cases the manufacturer replaced them without question. --=20 Neil Bothwick If at first you do succeed, try to hide your astonishment. --Sig_/L1WKWUEKpQbr9fF0PkKJbAm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlPU1B8ACgkQum4al0N1GQONCgCcDqlGVeEeNMkksjwJrs8aNEtW eEMAnih/V3JvFT3/nWz1kZ6FbMiXRJPm =dlx3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/L1WKWUEKpQbr9fF0PkKJbAm--