I had a similar problem. There was one directive in /etc/smartd.conf: /dev/hda -H -m root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx This tells smartd to check the hard drive /dev/hda for errors. My hard drive was not /dev/hda so it failed on startup. You can find out what drive your hard drive(s) is (are) by: cat /proc/partitions I found out through that output (edited for brevity): major minor #blocks name ... 3 64 19941264 hdb ... 3 65 104391 hdb1 ... 3 66 18788017 hdb2 ... 3 67 1044225 hdb3 ... That my hard drive is actually /dev/hdb with 3 partitions hdb1 through hdb3. I changed the /etc/smartd.conf to say: /dev/hdb -H -m root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx And now smartd works. -- Nathan Christiansen > -----Original Message----- > From: Kaustubh Ghosh [mailto:meetkaustubhghosh@xxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 11:20 AM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: What is smartd? > > > I have a peculiar situation: > > When my FC1 boots up,it gives a message: > Starting smartd: [FAILED] > > When it shuts down ,it gives message: > Stopping smartd: [FAILED] > > Everything ,the desktop etc. works fine -there is no problem.But what is > 'smartd' and why does it fail? > Thanks in advance. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
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