smartctl -l error /dev/... When to worry ?

[Hannes Mayer]

Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Mo, den 19.07.2004 schrieb Hannes Mayer um 20:13:
> 
> 
>>I just discovered smartctl and the interesting output with
>># smartctl -l error /dev/hda
>>
>>hda reports no errors (newest disk), but hdb and hdf do report some
>>errors every few hours (see outputs below)
>>
>>When do I actually have to start to worry about errors ?
> 
> 
> Run "smartctl -t long /dev/hdX" for all your drives. After finishing the
> self test of one drive run "smartctl -a /dev/hdX" to see if there are
> serious errors reported.

Hi Alexander!

I just completed 2 of my 3 HDD's and both completed with no new error
messages showing up in smartctl -a /dev/hdX
So I assume there is no serious problem with any of my 2 checked disks,
just seldom hickups...

Thanks a lot! :-)

Cheers,
Hannes.