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From: Jakob Oestergaard <jakob@unthought.net>
To: Ross Vandegrift <ross@willow.seitz.com>
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Subject: Re: repeatable IDE errors when using SMART
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On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 12:26:10PM -0500, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 06:19:37PM -0800, dean gaudet wrote:
> > any suggestions?
> 
> I've noticed that using smartctl on some of my drives kills them too.  I
> didn't bother investigating much - too scared of losing data.  I kind of
> assumed it was a problem with the drive not the code though, since it
> worked fine on one drive but not the other.
> 
> I have a Maxtor and an IBM; unfortuantely I don't recall which one was
> bokning out on smartctl...
> 
> If it's interesting (and resonably safe) I could do some testing on my
> system.

Do you use Promise controllers?

If so, do you use anything newer than the Ultra33 or Ultra66
controllers?


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