Re: IDE DMA problem with 2.6.0-test1

From: Mike Castle (dalgoda@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Thu Aug 07 2003 - 12:41:16 EST


In article <Pine.SOL.4.30.0308061750260.22000-100000@mion.elka.pw.edu.pl>,
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl> wrote:
>
>You can also install smartmontools (http://smartmontools.sf.net/)
>and check your drives (if they support SMART of course).

Point of interest: I just had a Maxtor drive go bad on me recently. Their
diag tools caught it, as did my ear (made a nice clunking noise :-). But
SMART didn't report a thing, and I looked hard too. :-/

mrc

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