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

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

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 ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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