sudo aptitude install gnome-disk-utility palimpsest # GnomE GuI
# disk=/dev/hda ; sudo hdparm -t -T $disk /dev/hda: Timing cached reads: 308 MB in 2.00 seconds = 153.96 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 46 MB in 3.02 seconds = 15.21 MB/sec
disk=/dev/hda ; sudo smartctl -a $disk | grep Load_Cycle_Count 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1664
Fix with:
sudo aptitude install laptop-mode-tools sudo acpi-support sudo invoke-rc.d laptop-mode restart /etc/acpi/start.d/99-hdd-spin-fix.sh sudo hdparm -B 255 /dev/hda sudo hdparm -B 254 /dev/hda sudo hdparm -S 0 /dev/hda
smartctl -A /dev/hda | grep "Pre-fail" disk=/dev/hda ; smartctl --all $disk smartctl version 5.37 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 and 7200.7 Plus family Device Model: ST380011A Serial Number: 3JV665XK Firmware Version: 3.06 User Capacity: 80 026 361 856 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 6 ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2 Local Time is: Sun Dec 16 15:55:01 2007 CET SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 247) Self-test routine in progress... 70% of test remaining. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 430) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. No General Purpose Logging support. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 58) minutes. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 075 066 006 Pre-fail Always - 202166584 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 099 097 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 28 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 086 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 413954585 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 084 084 000 Old_age Always - 14306 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 866 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 041 060 000 Old_age Always - 41 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 075 066 000 Old_age Always - 202166584 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 202 TA_Increase_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline Aborted by host 90% 14306 - # 2 Extended offline Aborted by host 90% 14306 - # 3 Short offline Aborted by host 50% 14306 - # 4 Short offline Self-test routine in progress 70% 14306 - SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.