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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:12:13 -0600
From: Hung Dang <hungptit@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] LVM HDD problem
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Mike Kazantsev wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:01:04 -0600
> Hung Dang <hungptit@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi all,
>> We have some hard drives on our server and one of them seem to have
>> problem. I wonder how can I check and fix the error from a specific hard
>> drive?
>>     
>
> Try using smartctl (sys-apps/smartmontools), it can usually show at
> once that there's something wrong with the drive (-H flag). And if it
> doesn't, you can use it to perform SMART-tests (-t flag) to make sure
> that drive is ok.
>
>   

Hi Mike,
Thanks a lot for your suggestion. I use smartctl to check hard drives
now and it is very handy.

Hung