hard drive sector testing on Ubuntu
lazer100
lazer100 at talktalk.net
Wed Oct 10 07:44:47 UTC 2012
On 29-Sep-12 21:18:28 Rashkae wrote:
>On 09/29/2012 02:09 AM, Nils Kassube wrote:
>And finally, this whole methology has been deprecated for almost a
>decade. Sector testing should be handled transparently by the drive
>firware. Use smartctl to examine the results (or initiate a full test.)
apologies for the delays, but I have now tried this,
but the drive doesnt seem compatible, I got the following output:
$
$
$ sudo smartctl --all /dev/sdc
[sudo] password for *******:
smartctl version 5.38 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce
Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
Device: TOSHIBA MK1059GSM Version: 0100
Device type: disk
Local Time is: Wed Oct 10 12:38:08 2012 BST
Device does not support SMART
Error Counter logging not supported
Device does not support Self Test logging
$
$
I bought this drive in 2011.
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