smartd startup and md:recovery thread got woken up

[-=Brian Truter=-]

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> From: fedora-list-admin at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-list-admin at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Merrill Jr. Butterman
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 3:24 PM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: smartd startup and md:recovery thread got woken up
>
>
> Hi Veteran Linux Users,
> I took the plunge on fedora core ! about two days ago
> and although I had probs with the updates, with a
> little work on the internet I was able to solve it on
> my own. however there are 2 things that are perplexing
> me.
> 1. On fedora core boot up the service "smartd" fails
> to start. To my best knowledge this service checks the
> health of the disk drive. I have a dual boot system of
> XP PRO and Fedora core ! on the same drive. would that
> make a difference on if the service successfully
> starts. How do I go about starting and configuring
> this service to work?
> 2. On shutdown and when it gets to sending all
> processes the term signal, I get a cryptic message of
> "md: recovery thread got woken up" and then it
> proceeds to send all processes the kill signal. Since
> I'm new to this any help from the more seasoned users
> would be much appreciated thanks
> MButterman
>
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Is your drive SCSI? The /etc/smartd.conf file that comes with the rpm is
configured to look at an IDE drive by default. You will have to change the
hda to a sda in the .conf file.