smartd telling me nonsense

[Ben Steeves]

On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 14:47, Barry K. Nathan wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 01:35:22PM -0300, Ben Steeves wrote:
> > This one confused me too.  It's not a temperature at all, its a range
> > indicator running between 0 and 255 with 100 representing the average
> > expected, numbers below 100 representing below average values and
> > numbers above representing above average values... so for example one of
> > my drives reads:
> > 
> > 194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   118   112   000    Old_age     
> > -       40
> > 
> > --that number at the end is the actual temperature in celsius (40) --
> > which is way hotter than it should be, hence the 194 for the operational
> > value (way above average).  
> 
> Um, no, 194 is the attribute value (it's not an average). 118 is the
> current attribute value. 112 is the worst (hottest) it's been. (lower =
> hotter; in general, lower attribute values are closer to drive death)

Whups... sorry, I knew that (*slap*).

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