At 5:52 PM +0930 10/25/07, Tim wrote: >Tim: >>> Have a look at the very top of the smart configuration file: >>> >>> # *SMARTD*AUTOGENERATED* /etc/smartd.conf >>> # Remove the line above if you have edited the file and you do not want >>> # it to be overwritten on the next smartd startup. >>> >>> I removed those two lines, and uncommented the DEVICESCAN option > >Steven Stern: >> Thanks! > >How did you go? Today I noticed the following in my log file, but I >haven't yet explored any further about it: > > --------------------- Smartd Begin ------------------------ > > > /dev/sda : > Usage: Load_Cycle_Count (193) changed to > 99, > Usage: Temperature_Celsius (194) changed to > 220, 203, 189, 183, 253, 220, 189, 196, > > **Unmatched Entries** > Drive: DEVICESCAN, implied '-a' Directive on line 18 of file /etc/smartd.conf > Problem creating device name scan list > Device /dev/sda: ATA disk detected behind SAT layer > Try adding '-d sat' to the device line in the smartd.conf file. > For example: '/dev/sda -a -d sat' > > ---------------------- Smartd End ------------------------- > >Despite what it says. To the best of my knowledge, my HDD is actually a >SATA drive, and the motherboard pretends its PATA. It did't say anything about SATA or PATA, only about ATA behind SCSI SAT layer. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
