[Leaplist] Serious computer trouble here

[Kevin Korb]

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That is not the problem at hand but it is a problem that I overlooked.
The fix is to run:
smartctl -s on /dev/sd?

You can put that in a startup script if the drives refuse to remember it.

If your smartctl is old (I don't know your distro) then you may need to use:
smartctl -d ata -s on
instead.

On 02/17/10 21:38, Bruce Metcalf wrote:
> William Ferguson wrote:
> 
>> Now I'm getting to what is wrong:
> 
>> SATAII:  ST3250310AS 4.AAA
>>         Ultra DMA Mode-6, S.M.A.R.T.  Capable but disabled
>> SATAII 2: ST3500418AS  CC38
>>         Ultra DMA Mode-6, S.M.A.R.T. Capable but disabled
> 
>> Is there any way for me to cure this condition?  The computer is
>> unusable.
>> It seems that both the Hard Drives now installed in the machine are
>> "capable" but disabled.
> 
> Aha! I can't help with the rest, but I know this part:
> 
> This message means only that the SMART system on those two hard drives
> is disabled, not the whole drive. This is pretty typical at boot, in my
> experience.
> 
> That's not to say your system works, or that it would work if you got
> SMART enabled, only that the "disabled" message you list above isn't the
> source of the problem you describe.
> 
> Good luck,
> Bruce
> 

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