I did "smartctl --all /dev/sda > smartctl_out.txt". I got over 200 lines of
output. The most recent error reported in the output file is this one:
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Error 66 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 13741 hours (572 days + 13 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 51 00 ff ff ff 0f Error: UNC at LBA = 0x0fffffff = 268435455
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
60 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00 00:05:43.747 READ FPDMA QUEUED
61 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00 00:05:43.746 WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
ea 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 00:05:43.746 FLUSH CACHE EXT
ef 10 02 00 00 00 a0 00 00:05:43.746 SET FEATURES [Enable SATA feature]
27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 00:05:43.745 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3]
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I can't really make heads or tails of this. I also notice in my system e-mail these 2
messages, bot on Thursday, May 25:
(1st message)
Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 8 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
(2nd message, 1 minute later)
Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 8 Offline uncorrectable sectors
I also tried "smartctl -t short /dev/sda", followed later by "smartctl -l
selftest /dev/sda". The result:
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SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours)
LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 13813 -
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If I understand the "-all" output correctly, the "-long" test would
take about 4 hours, so I'm not trying that until later this week.
What else from the "smartctl" output should I post here?
What other "smartctl" functionality should I try or use?
Thank-you.
Bill.