Re: 'smart' status on new laptop

["Chavdar Ivanov" <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 24/01/2008, Steven M. Bellovin <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:25:58 +0100
> "Daniel Horecki" <shinden%linux.pl@localhost> wrote:
>
> > On Jan 24, 2008 8:30 PM, Steven M. Bellovin <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
> > Try smartctl -i /dev/wd0d
> >
>
> Per my note, I'd already tried smartctl:
>
>         evice Model:     ST9160823AS

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/laptops/momentus/momentus_7200.2/

>         Serial Number:    5NK0CZ7N
>         Firmware Version: 3.CMC
>         User Capacity:    160,041,885,696 bytes
>         Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P 
> showall]
>
> and dmesg:
>
> wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <ST9160823AS>
> wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
> wd0: 149 GB, 310101 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 312581808 sectors
> wd0: 32-bit data port
> wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
> wd0(piixide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
> (using DMA)
>
>
>                 --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
>


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