Hard drive media check from Linux?

Linux Machine that this was on? Not just knoppix?

Or was the drive setup a non-fault tolerant striping?

Was it mirrored vs striped? If it was striped and not mirrored; you == treading on thin ice

knoppix should have: smartmontools - control and monitor storage systems using S.M.A.R.T.

[greg@king:~]$ apt-cache show smartmontools\nPackage: smartmontools\nPriority: optional\nSection: utils\nInstalled-Size: 588\nMaintainer: Guido Guenther <agx@debian.org>\nArchitecture: i386\nVersion: 5.33-1\nDepends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4)\nRecommends: mailx | mailutils\nConflicts: smartsuite, ucsc-smartsuite\nFilename: pool/main/s/smartmontools/smartmontools_5.33-1_i386.deb\nSize: 242510\nMD5sum: 175d763c200d7655350dd3359775a3b0\nDescription: control and monitor storage systems using S.M.A.R.T.\n The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd)\n to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and\n Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI\n hard disks. It is derived from the smartsuite package, and includes support\n for ATA/ATAPI-5 disks. It should run on any modern Linux system.

the key here is the proggy: smartctl

smartctl will give you all the info

MY drive in my machine gives this:

king:~# smartctl -P show /dev/hde\nsmartctl version 5.33 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen\nHome page is [link|http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/|http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/]\n\nDrive found in smartmontools Database.  Drive identity strings:\nMODEL:              ST380021A\nFIRMWARE:           3.19\nmatch smartmontools Drive Database entry:\nMODEL REGEXP:       ^ST3(20011|40016|60021|80021)A$\nFIRMWARE REGEXP:    .*\nATTRIBUTE OPTIONS:  None preset; no -v options are required.\n\nking:~# smartctl -a /dev/hde\nsmartctl version 5.33 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen\nHome page is [link|http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/|http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/]\n\n=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===\nDevice Model:     ST380021A\nSerial Number:    3HV3H6L0\nFirmware Version: 3.19\nUser Capacity:    80,026,361,856 bytes\nDevice is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]\nATA Version is:   5\nATA Standard is:  Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated\nLocal Time is:    Mon Feb 28 11:44:47 2005 EST\nSMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.\nSMART support is: Enabled\n\n=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===\nSMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED\n\nGeneral SMART Values:\nOffline data collection status:  (0x82) Offline data collection activity\n                                        was completed without error.\n                                        Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.\nSelf-test execution status:      (   0) The previous self-test routine completed\n                                        without error or no self-test has ever\n                                        been run.\nTotal time to complete Offline\ndata collection:                 ( 422) seconds.\nOffline data collection\ncapabilities:                    (0x1b) SMART execute Offline immediate.\n                                        Auto Offline data collection on/off support.\n                                        Suspend Offline collection upon new\n                                        command.\n                                        Offline surface scan supported.\n                                        Self-test supported.\n                                        No Conveyance Self-test supported.\n                                        No Selective Self-test supported.\nSMART capabilities:            (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering\n                                        power-saving mode.\n                                        Supports SMART auto save timer.\nError logging capability:        (0x01) Error logging supported.\n                                        No General Purpose Logging support.\nShort self-test routine\nrecommended polling time:        (   1) minutes.\nExtended self-test routine\nrecommended polling time:        (  57) minutes.\n\nSMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10\nVendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:\nID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE\n  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   074   071   034    Pre-fail  Always       -       143806779\n  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   070   070   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0\n  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always       -       17\n  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   036    Pre-fail  Always       -       31\n  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   082   060   030    Pre-fail  Always       -       200139718\n  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   082   082   000    Old_age   Always       -       16632\n 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   097    Pre-fail  Always       -       0\n 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always       -       83\n194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   037   049   000    Old_age   Always       -       37\n195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   074   069   000    Old_age   Always       -       143806779\n197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0\n198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0\n199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0\n200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0\n202 TA_Increase_Count       0x0032   093   246   000    Old_age   Always       -       7\n\nSMART Error Log Version: 1\nNo Errors Logged\n\nSMART Self-test log structure revision number 1\nNum  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error\n# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      7966         -\n\nDevice does not support Selective Self Tests/Logging

That should tell you everything that is going on with the drive.

Post #196,611 by inthane-chan 2/28/05 11:10:54 AM Reply	Hard drive media check from Linux? I've got a box that has a stripe set configured - somebody else did it, I'm just cleaning up the pieces. One drive (I'm not sure which) crapped out, and I need to do a media check to see if it's RMAable or if it just decided to leave the stripe set for no good reason. I'm using knoppix, but fsck just seems to be a filesystem checker, not a media checker - is there a media checker utility for Linux? The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..." -Isaac Asimov
Post #196,622 by folkert 2/28/05 11:56:27 AM Reply	Is it a Linux Machine that this was on? Not just knoppix? Or was the drive setup a non-fault tolerant striping? Was it mirrored vs striped? If it was striped and not mirrored; you == treading on thin ice knoppix should have: smartmontools - control and monitor storage systems using S.M.A.R.T. [greg@king:~]$ apt-cache show smartmontools\nPackage: smartmontools\nPriority: optional\nSection: utils\nInstalled-Size: 588\nMaintainer: Guido Guenther <agx@debian.org>\nArchitecture: i386\nVersion: 5.33-1\nDepends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4)\nRecommends: mailx \| mailutils\nConflicts: smartsuite, ucsc-smartsuite\nFilename: pool/main/s/smartmontools/smartmontools_5.33-1_i386.deb\nSize: 242510\nMD5sum: 175d763c200d7655350dd3359775a3b0\nDescription: control and monitor storage systems using S.M.A.R.T.\n The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd)\n to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and\n Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI\n hard disks. It is derived from the smartsuite package, and includes support\n for ATA/ATAPI-5 disks. It should run on any modern Linux system. the key here is the proggy: smartctl smartctl will give you all the info MY drive in my machine gives this: king:~# smartctl -P show /dev/hde\nsmartctl version 5.33 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen\nHome page is [link\|http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/\|http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/]\n\nDrive found in smartmontools Database. Drive identity strings:\nMODEL: ST380021A\nFIRMWARE: 3.19\nmatch smartmontools Drive Database entry:\nMODEL REGEXP: ^ST3(20011\|40016\|60021\|80021)A$\nFIRMWARE REGEXP: .\nATTRIBUTE OPTIONS: None preset; no -v options are required.\n\nking:~# smartctl -a /dev/hde\nsmartctl version 5.33 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen\nHome page is [link\|http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/\|http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/]\n\n=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===\nDevice Model: ST380021A\nSerial Number: 3HV3H6L0\nFirmware Version: 3.19\nUser Capacity: 80,026,361,856 bytes\nDevice is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]\nATA Version is: 5\nATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated\nLocal Time is: Mon Feb 28 11:44:47 2005 EST\nSMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.\nSMART support is: Enabled\n\n=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===\nSMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED\n\nGeneral SMART Values:\nOffline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity\n was completed without error.\n Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.\nSelf-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed\n without error or no self-test has ever\n been run.\nTotal time to complete Offline\ndata collection: ( 422) seconds.\nOffline data collection\ncapabilities: (0x1b) SMART execute Offline immediate.\n Auto Offline data collection on/off support.\n Suspend Offline collection upon new\n command.\n Offline surface scan supported.\n Self-test supported.\n No Conveyance Self-test supported.\n No Selective Self-test supported.\nSMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering\n power-saving mode.\n Supports SMART auto save timer.\nError logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.\n No General Purpose Logging support.\nShort self-test routine\nrecommended polling time: ( 1) minutes.\nExtended self-test routine\nrecommended polling time: ( 57) minutes.\n\nSMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10\nVendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:\nID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE\n 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 074 071 034 Pre-fail Always - 143806779\n 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 070 070 000 Pre-fail Always - 0\n 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 17\n 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 31\n 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 082 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 200139718\n 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 082 082 000 Old_age Always - 16632\n 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0\n 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 83\n194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 037 049 000 Old_age Always - 37\n195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 074 069 000 Old_age Always - 143806779\n197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0\n198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0\n199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0\n200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0\n202 TA_Increase_Count 0x0032 093 246 000 Old_age Always - 7\n\nSMART Error Log Version: 1\nNo Errors Logged\n\nSMART Self-test log structure revision number 1\nNum Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error\n# 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 7966 -\n\nDevice does not support Selective Self Tests/Logging That should tell you everything that is going on with the drive. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ i_wethey* [link\|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230\|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Military Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source]
Post #196,629 by inthane-chan 2/28/05 12:10:38 PM Reply	Windows beast And yes, it was a non-mirrored stripe set. Yaay. And no, I didn't set it up that way. I'm just trying to figure out which of the two drives went bad before doing the RMA dance. The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..." -Isaac Asimov
Post #196,636 by folkert 2/28/05 12:28:22 PM Reply	Mkay. use knoppix then and use smartctl It should tell you easily which one is bad... the errors are stored typically. And the WOW lookey hard drive storage space for pR0n all went to shit. Now, make sure YOU don't set it up that way... buy larger drives. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* [link\|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230\|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Military Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source]
Post #196,628 by pwhysall 2/28/05 12:08:54 PM Reply	For RMA purposes.... ...use the drive manufacturer's diagnostic tool. Failure codes from anything else will not produce an RMA number from the manufacturer. Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #196,632 by Another Scott 2/28/05 12:23:31 PM Reply	OT: Woot! George, Patty and Andy are back.
Post #196,639 by pwhysall 2/28/05 12:43:36 PM Reply	? Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #196,647 by Another Scott 2/28/05 1:15:21 PM Reply	Your flag was missing while your server was down...
Post #196,649 by pwhysall 2/28/05 1:28:15 PM 2/28/05 1:28:37 PM Reply	OIC. "Patty"? Patty is invariably female, innit, hence my confusion. Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! Edited by pwhysall Feb. 28, 2005, 01:28:37 PM EST Expand All History
Post #196,684 by Another Scott 2/28/05 5:42:44 PM 2/28/05 5:53:02 PM Reply	Usually, I guess. There's [link\|http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/intlrel/hfa49268.000/hfa49268_0.HTM\|Patty Ashdown], isn't there? Oh, [link\|http://www.libdems.org.uk/index.cfm/page.whois/section.people/wid.2/wgroup.peer\|Paddy]. ;-) I'd always heard the UK flag referred to as having the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew. I didn't know about Patrick until I read [link\|http://www.travelblog.org/World/uk-flag2.html\|this]. Makes sense, I guess. But why doesn't Wales have a cross of some sort on the flag if England, Ireland and Scotland are included? [edit:] To make Peter happy. ;-j Cheers, Scott. Edited by Another Scott Feb. 28, 2005, 05:53:02 PM EST Expand All History
Post #196,685 by pwhysall 2/28/05 5:44:46 PM Reply	Because their flag is a dragon. And where would you put a dragon on the Union Flag? Also, it's Wales. The whole thing is about the size of my thumbnail. Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #196,688 by Another Scott 2/28/05 5:55:20 PM Reply	Cool! How do they make a dragon hang from a flagpole? [image\|/forums/images/warning.png\|0\|This is sarcasm...] Sorry, I'm tired. Cheers, Scott.
Post #196,690 by pwhysall 2/28/05 5:55:42 PM Reply	Nails, of course. Big ones. Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #196,695 by Another Scott 2/28/05 5:59:03 PM Reply	:-)
Post #196,689 by pwhysall 2/28/05 5:55:21 PM Reply	??? I was emphasising the fact that, well, it's Wales, not indicating that the word should be large or bold ;-) Americans! So amusingly literal sometimes! Cute :-) Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #196,692 by Another Scott 2/28/05 5:57:46 PM Reply	Um, I did spell it correctly the first time, didn't I? Or was that related to the Patty/Paddy stuff? Curiously yours, Scott.
Post #196,693 by pwhysall 2/28/05 5:58:18 PM Reply	Indeed you did. Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!

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