Re: kern/42552: smartd reports "not capable of SMART self-check"

[Matthias Pfaller <leo%marco.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/42552; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Matthias Pfaller <leo%marco.de@localhost>
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/42552: smartd reports "not capable of SMART self-check"
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:14:36 +0100

 Manuel Bouyer wrote:
 > On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 07:10:06PM +0000, Matthias Pfaller wrote:
 >   
 >>  I have installed a kernel with this patch, but I can't reboot at the 
 >>  moment. I have an "atactl setstandby 3600" in my /etc/rc.local, so maybe 
 >>  the drives are in standby, when the error occurs.
 >>     
 >
 > Yes, that could explain it. Not sure if the self test can be run
 > when the drive is in standby mode. If the patch doesn't help, can you
 > see if disabling the standby timer solves the problem ?
 >
 >   
 Sorry, your patch didn't help. Now I'll try for a couple of days without 
 standby.
 
 Regards, Matthias