Re: 'smart' status on new laptop

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:21:22 +0100
Bernd Ernesti <netbsd%lists.veego.de@localhost> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 01:50:30PM +0000, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> > Here's the output of 'atactl smart status' on a fairly new laptop.
> > Some of the figures look suspect, such as the hours powered on...
> > Might it be a word size issue?  I'm running -current/amd64.
> 
> Is this a seagate drive?
> Smart is know to be broken on there drives.
> 
Truthfully, I don't know, nor do I see anything on NetBSD to tell me
(I've looked at smartctl, atactl, and dmesg -- anything else?)  I
haven't pulled the drive out yet to look at the physical label...  The
model number starts with ST; I have vague recollections that that's
true for Seagate drives, but I thought Lenovo favored Hitachi disks.


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb