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Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 07:15:13 +0000
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-<div align="center">    
-<h1><font color="#3333ff">smartmontools HOME PAGE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 
- </font>  <a href="http://sourceforge.net"><img
+                     
+<div align="center">     
+<h1><font color="#3333ff">smartmontools HOME PAGE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
+  </font>  <a href="http://sourceforge.net"><img
  src="http://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=64297&amp;type=5"
  width="210" height="62" border="0" alt="SourceForge.net Logo"
  align="middle">
-    </a> </h1>
-    </div>
-                           
-<div align="left">This is the home page for smartmontools. &nbsp;The smartmontools
-       package contains two utility programs (<font color="#3333ff"><b>smartctl</b></font>
-               and <font color="#3333ff"><b>smartd</b></font>) to control 
-and   monitor     storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and 
-Reporting   Technology     System  (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA 
-and SCSI hard  disks.  It   is derived from the smartsuite package, and includes 
-support   for ATA/ATAPI-5     disks. It should run on any modern linux system.<br>
-           <br>
-           For your convenience, this is a single page, so you can print
+     </a> </h1>
+     </div>
+                             
+<div align="left">This is the home page for smartmontools. &nbsp;The smartmontools 
+       package contains two utility programs (<font color="#3333ff"><b>smartctl</b></font> 
+               and <font color="#3333ff"><b>smartd</b></font>) to control
+ and   monitor     storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and
+ Reporting   Technology     System  (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA
+ and SCSI hard  disks.  It   is derived from the smartsuite package, and
+includes  support   for ATA/ATAPI-5     disks. It should run on any modern
+linux system.<br>
+            <br>
+            For your convenience, this is a single page, so you can print 
 it  easily.<br>
-                         
-<hr width="100%" size="2">           
+                           
+<hr width="100%" size="2">            
 <ul>
-             <li><a href="#howtodownload">How to download and install smartmontools</a></li>
-              <li><a href="#FAQ">Frequently Asked Questions</a></li>
-             <li><a href="#testinghelp">The code needs to be tested on SCSI 
- disks/tapes</a></li>
-                <li><a href="#differfromsmartsuite">How does smartmontools
+              <li><a href="#howtodownload">How to download and install smartmontools</a></li>
+               <li><a href="#FAQ">Frequently Asked Questions</a></li>
+              <li><a href="#testinghelp">The code needs to be tested on SCSI
+  disks/tapes</a></li>
+                 <li><a href="#differfromsmartsuite">How does smartmontools 
  differ    from  smartsuite?</a></li>
-                     <li><a href="#references">Useful references on S.M.A.R.T.
+                      <li><a href="#references">Useful references on S.M.A.R.T. 
    and   ATA/ATAPI-5,   -6, and -7</a></li>
-             <li><a href="#sampleoutput">Some sample output from smartmontools</a></li>
-                <li><a
- href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/smartmontools/">Smartmontools 
-     CVS archive</a> and <a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartmontools">SourceForge projects 
-     group page</a></li>
-      <li><a
- href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/smartmontools-support">
+              <li><a href="#sampleoutput">Some sample output from smartmontools</a></li>
+                 <li><a
+ href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/smartmontools/">Smartmontools
+      CVS archive</a> and <a
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartmontools">SourceForge projects
+      group page</a></li>
+       <li><a
+ href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/smartmontools-support"> 
     Mailing list and archives</a> for smartmontools support<br>
-      </li>
-                                    
+       </li>
+                                      
 </ul>
-          <b><br>
-           </b>           
+           <b><br>
+            </b>            
 <hr width="100%" size="2"><b><br>
-           </b><b><a name="howtodownload"></a></b><b> How to download and 
-install     smartmontools<br>
-           </b>There are three different ways to get and install smartmontools. 
-   &nbsp;You   can use any one of these three procedures. &nbsp;Just after 
- "Method  3" below are some instructions for trying out smartmontools once 
- you have completed the installation.<br>
-                     
+            </b><b><a name="howtodownload"></a></b><b> How to download and
+ install     smartmontools<br>
+            </b>There are three different ways to get and install smartmontools.
+    &nbsp;You   can use any one of these three procedures. &nbsp;Just after
+  "Method  3" below are some instructions for trying out smartmontools once
+  you have completed the installation.<br>
+                       
 <ol>
-             <li><b>First Method - Install from the RPM file:</b><br>
-                                                     
+              <li><b>First Method - Install from the RPM file:</b><br>
+                                                           
     <ul>
-               <li>Download the latest binary RPM file (<tt>*.rpm</tt>) from
-           <a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=64297">here</a>
+                <li>Download the latest binary RPM file (<tt>*.rpm</tt>)
+from            <a
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=64297">here</a> 
          . &nbsp;Don't get the SRPM file (<tt>*.src.rpm</tt>).</li>
-               <li>Install it using RPM. &nbsp;You must be root to do this:<br>
-                 <tt>su root</tt> &nbsp;(enter root password)<br>
-                 <tt>rpm -ivh smartmontools-5.0-1.i386.rpm<br>
-           </tt>For most users, this is all that is needed.<br>
-         </li>
-               <li>If you receive an error message, you have probably previously
-    installed the <tt>smartsuite</tt> package, or RedHat's <tt>kernel-utils</tt>
-   package,    which provide older versions of the <tt>smartd</tt> and <tt>
-  smartctl</tt>       utilities. &nbsp;In this case you should use the <tt>
-  --nodeps</tt> or          <tt>  --force</tt>  arguments of rpm to replace
+                <li>Install it using RPM. &nbsp;You must be root to do this:<br>
+                  <tt>su root</tt> &nbsp;(enter root password)<br>
+                  <tt>rpm -ivh smartmontools-5.0-1.i386.rpm<br>
+            </tt>For most users, this is all that is needed.<br>
+          </li>
+                <li>If you receive an error message, you have probably previously 
+    installed the <tt>smartsuite</tt> package, or RedHat's <tt>kernel-utils</tt> 
+   package,    which provide older versions of the <tt>smartd</tt> and <tt> 
+  smartctl</tt>       utilities. &nbsp;In this case you should use the <tt> 
+  --nodeps</tt> or          <tt>  --force</tt>  arguments of rpm to replace 
  these two utilities:<br>
-                 <tt>rpm -ivh --nodeps --force smartmontools-5.0-1.i386.rpm</tt></li>
-         <li>If you want to remove the package (<tt>rpm -e s</tt><tt>martmontools-5.0-1</tt>
-   ) and your system does not have <tt>chkconfig</tt> installed, you may
-need  to use the <tt>--noscripts</tt> option to <tt>rpm -e</tt>.<br>
-               </li>
-                                                     
-    </ul>
-           </li>
-             <li><b>Second Method - Install from the source tarball</b>:<br>
+                  <tt>rpm -ivh --nodeps --force smartmontools-5.0-1.i386.rpm</tt></li>
+          <li>If you want to remove the package (<tt>rpm -e s</tt><tt>martmontools-5.0-1</tt> 
+   ) and your system does not have <tt>chkconfig</tt> installed, you may need
+ to use the <tt>--noscripts</tt> option to <tt>rpm -e</tt>.<br>
+                </li>
                                                            
+    </ul>
+            </li>
+              <li><b>Second Method - Install from the source tarball</b>:<br>
+                                                                 
     <ul>
-                <li>Download the latest source-code tarball from <a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=64297">here</a>.
-Note: you probably want the most recent release.
- </li>
-                <li>Uncompress the tarball:<br>
-                  <tt>tar zxvf smartmontools-5.0-1.tar.gz</tt></li>
-                <li>The previous step created a directory called smartmontools-5.0-1
+                 <li>Download the latest source-code tarball from <a
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=64297">here</a>. 
+Note: you probably want the most recent release.  </li>
+                 <li>Uncompress the tarball:<br>
+                   <tt>tar zxvf smartmontools-5.0-1.tar.gz</tt></li>
+                 <li>The previous step created a directory called smartmontools-5.0-1 
      containing the code. &nbsp;Go to that directory, build, and install:<br>
-                  <tt>cd smartmontools-5.0-1<br>
-          make<br>
-           make install &nbsp;</tt> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 
-  &nbsp;    &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;[only root can do this]<br>
-               </li>
+                   <tt>cd smartmontools-5.0-1<br>
+           make<br>
+            make install &nbsp;</tt> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
+   &nbsp;    &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;[only root can do this]<br>
+                </li>
                                                                         
+     
     </ul>
-            </li>
-             <li><b>Third Method - Download code directly from the CVS archive:</b><br>
-                                 
+             </li>
+              <li><b>Third Method - Download code directly from the CVS archive:</b><br>
+                                       
     <ul>
-            <li>Download the latest code snapshot from CVS. If prompted for 
- a  password,    simply press the Enter key. &nbsp;Note that the two lines 
- below  that start   "<tt>cvs</tt>" are long! <br>
-                 <tt>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.smartmontools.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/smartmontools 
-     login</tt> <tt><br>
-           cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.smartmontools.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/smartmontools 
-     co sm5</tt><br>
-               </li>
-            <li>The previous step created a subdirectory called <tt>sm5/</tt>
+             <li>Download the latest code snapshot from CVS. If prompted
+for   a  password,    simply press the Enter key. &nbsp;Note that the two
+lines   below  that start   "<tt>cvs</tt>" are long! <br>
+                  <tt>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.smartmontools.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/smartmontools
+      login</tt> <tt><br>
+            cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.smartmontools.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/smartmontools
+      co sm5</tt><br>
+                </li>
+             <li>The previous step created a subdirectory called <tt>sm5/</tt> 
      containing    the code. Go to that directory, build, and install:<br>
-                 <tt>cd sm5<br>
-           make<br>
-           make install &nbsp;</tt> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 
-  &nbsp;    &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;[only root can do this]<br>
-               </li>
-                                      
+                  <tt>cd sm5<br>
+            make<br>
+            make install &nbsp;</tt> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
+   &nbsp;    &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;[only root can do this]<br>
+                </li>
+                                            
     </ul>
-                              </li>
-         
+                               </li>
+           
 </ol>
-             <b>After installing using Method 1, 2 or 3 above, you can read 
- the   man pages, and try out the commands:</b><br>
-               
-<blockquote>                        
+              <b>After installing using Method 1, 2 or 3 above, you can read
+  the   man pages, and try out the commands:</b><br>
+                 
+<blockquote>                           
   <blockquote><tt>man 8 smartctl</tt><br>
-            <tt>man 8 smartd</tt><br>
-            <tt>/usr/sbin/smartctl -etf /dev/hda &nbsp;</tt>[only root can
+             <tt>man 8 smartd</tt><br>
+             <tt>/usr/sbin/smartctl -etf /dev/hda &nbsp;</tt>[only root can 
  do this]<br>
-            <tt>/usr/sbin/smartctl -a /dev/hda &nbsp; &nbsp;</tt>[only root 
- can do this]</blockquote>
-        </blockquote>
-         Note that the default location for the manual pages is in <tt>/usr/share/man/man8</tt>
-   . &nbsp;If "<tt>man</tt>" does not find the manual pages, then you may 
-need to add <tt>/usr/share/man</tt> to your <tt>MANPATH</tt> environment variable.<br>
-     
+             <tt>/usr/sbin/smartctl -a /dev/hda &nbsp; &nbsp;</tt>[only root
+  can do this]</blockquote>
+         </blockquote>
+          Note that the default location for the manual pages is in <tt>/usr/share/man/man8</tt> 
+   . &nbsp;If "<tt>man</tt>" does not find the manual pages, then you may
+ need to add <tt>/usr/share/man</tt> to your <tt>MANPATH</tt> environment
+variable.<br>
+       
 <hr width="100%" size="2"><br>
-           <br>
-           <a name="FAQ"></a><b>Frequently-asked questions<br>
-           </b>If your question is not here, please <a
+            <br>
+            <a name="FAQ"></a><b>Frequently-asked questions<br>
+            </b>If your question is not here, please <a
  href="mailto:smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net"> email me</a>.<br>
-                     
+                       
 <ul>
-             <li><b>What do I do if I have problems, or need support? &nbsp;Suppose
+              <li><b>What do I do if I have problems, or need support? &nbsp;Suppose 
   I want to become a developer, or suggest some new extensions?</b><br>
-    Please send an email to the <a
- href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/smartmontools-support">
+     Please send an email to the <a
+ href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/smartmontools-support"> 
     smartmontools-support mailing list</a>.<br>
-      </li>
-      <li><b>What are the future plans for smartmontools?</b><br>
-           My plan is that smartmontools-5.x will support ATA/ATAPI-5 disks.
-  &nbsp;Eventually,     we'll do smartmontools-6.x to support ATA/ATAPI-6
-disks,  smartmontools-7.x     for the ATA/ATAPI-7 standard, and so on. &nbsp;The
- "x" will denote revision    level, as bugs get found and fixed, and as enhancements
-  get added. &nbsp;    If it's possible to maintain backwards compatibility,
+       </li>
+       <li><b>What are the future plans for smartmontools?</b><br>
+            My plan is that smartmontools-5.x will support ATA/ATAPI-5 disks. 
+  &nbsp;Eventually,     we'll do smartmontools-6.x to support ATA/ATAPI-6 
+disks,  smartmontools-7.x     for the ATA/ATAPI-7 standard, and so on. &nbsp;The 
+ "x" will denote revision    level, as bugs get found and fixed, and as enhancements 
+  get added. &nbsp;    If it's possible to maintain backwards compatibility, 
   that would be nice,    but I don't know if it will be possible or practical.</li>
-             <li><b>Why are you doing this?</b><br>
-           My research group runs a beowulf cluster with 300 ATA-5 disks. 
-&nbsp;We     have more than 20 TB of data stored on the system. &nbsp;It's 
-nice to have    advanced warning when a disk is going to fail.</li>
-            <li><b>I see some strange output from smartctl. &nbsp;What does 
- it  mean?</b><br>
-          The raw S.M.A.R.T. attributes (temperature, power-on lifetime,
-and   so  on)  are stored in vendor-specific structures. &nbsp;Sometime these
-are  strange.   &nbsp;Hitachi disks (at least some of them) store power-on
-lifetime  in minutes,   rather than hours. &nbsp;IBM disks (at least some
-of them) have three temperatures stored in the raw structure, not just one.
-And so on. &nbsp;If you find strange output, or unknown attributes, please
+              <li><b>Why are you doing this?</b><br>
+            My research group runs a beowulf cluster with 300 ATA-5 disks.
+ &nbsp;We     have more than 20 TB of data stored on the system. &nbsp;It's
+ nice to have    advanced warning when a disk is going to fail.</li>
+             <li><b>I see some strange output from smartctl. &nbsp;What does
+  it  mean?</b><br>
+           The raw S.M.A.R.T. attributes (temperature, power-on lifetime, 
+and   so  on)  are stored in vendor-specific structures. &nbsp;Sometime these 
+are  strange.   &nbsp;Hitachi disks (at least some of them) store power-on 
+lifetime  in minutes,   rather than hours. &nbsp;IBM disks (at least some 
+of them) have three temperatures stored in the raw structure, not just one. 
+And so on. &nbsp;If you find strange output, or unknown attributes, please 
 send an email to <a
- href="ttp://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/smartmontools-support">
+ href="ttp://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/smartmontools-support"> 
     smartmontools-support</a> and we'll help you try and figure it out.</li>
-            <li><b>What attributes does smartmontools not yet recognize?<br>
-              </b>From a Hitachi disk: (230)(250)<br>
-          If you can attach names/meanings to these attributes, please send 
- me  a note to <a
- href="ttp://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/smartmontools-support">
+             <li><b>What attributes does smartmontools not yet recognize?<br>
+               </b>From a Hitachi disk: (230)(250)<br>
+           If you can attach names/meanings to these attributes, please send
+  me  a note to <a
+ href="ttp://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/smartmontools-support"> 
     smartmontools-support</a>.</li>
-        <li><b>When I run <tt>smartd</tt> , the SYSLOG (<tt>/var/log/messages</tt>
+         <li><b>When I run <tt>smartd</tt> , the SYSLOG (<tt>/var/log/messages</tt> 
       ) contains messages like this:</b><br>
-          <tt>smartd: Reading Device /dev/sdv <br>
-      modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-65<br>
-          </tt>This is because when <tt>smartd</tt> starts, it looks for
-all   ATA  and SCSI devices to monitor (matching the pattern <tt>/dev/hd[a-z]</tt>
-     or      <tt>/dev/sd[a-z]</tt>). &nbsp;The log messages appear because
+           <tt>smartd: Reading Device /dev/sdv <br>
+       modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-65<br>
+           </tt>This is because when <tt>smartd</tt> starts, it looks for 
+all   ATA  and SCSI devices to monitor (matching the pattern <tt>/dev/hd[a-z]</tt> 
+     or      <tt>/dev/sd[a-z]</tt>). &nbsp;The log messages appear because 
  your  system  doesn't have most of these devices.<br>
-      A future release of smartd will have a command-line option to specify 
- which  devices to include or exclude from start-up search.<br>
-        </li>
-                     
+       A future release of smartd will have a command-line option to specify
+  which  devices to include or exclude from start-up search.<br>
+         </li>
+                       
 </ul>
-           
-<hr width="100%" size="2"><b><a name="testinghelp"></a>Help needed in testing 
-     smartmontools, especially on SCSI disks/systems<br>
-           </b>I have access to a number of systems with ATA S.M.A.R.T. disks,
-   but   I don't have any access to systems with SCSI S.M.A.R.T. devices.
-&nbsp;I'd     be very grateful to find someone who could help me test the
-smartmontools     code on SCSI disks. &nbsp;Since it's derived from the smartsuite
-package,     it should initially work about the same way with SCSI devices
+             
+<hr width="100%" size="2"><b><a name="testinghelp"></a>Help needed in testing
+      smartmontools, especially on SCSI disks/systems<br>
+            </b>I have access to a number of systems with ATA S.M.A.R.T.
+disks,    but   I don't have any access to systems with SCSI S.M.A.R.T. devices. 
+&nbsp;I'd     be very grateful to find someone who could help me test the 
+smartmontools     code on SCSI disks. &nbsp;Since it's derived from the smartsuite 
+package,     it should initially work about the same way with SCSI devices 
 as the smartsuite     tools did.<br>
-           <br>
-           I'd be especially happy if someone would like to take on the task, 
-  as  a  developer, of maintaining the SCSI code. &nbsp;Do you have a beowulf
-   cluster   with a few hundred SCSI disks? Please volunteer!<br>
-                     
-<hr width="100%" size="2"><a name="differfromsmartsuite"></a><b>How does smartmontools
-differ from smartsuite?<br>
-</b>The smartsuite code was originally developed as a Senior Thesis by Michael Cornwell
-at the Concurrent Systems Laboratory (now part of the <a
- href="http://ssrc.soe.ucsc.edu">Storage Systems Research Center</a>), Jack
+            <br>
+            I'd be especially happy if someone would like to take on the
+task,    as  a  developer, of maintaining the SCSI code. &nbsp;Do you have
+a beowulf    cluster   with a few hundred SCSI disks? Please volunteer!<br>
+                       
+<hr width="100%" size="2"><a name="differfromsmartsuite"></a><b>How does
+smartmontools differ from smartsuite?<br>
+ </b>The smartsuite code was originally developed as a Senior Thesis by Michael
+Cornwell at the Concurrent Systems Laboratory (now part of the <a
+ href="http://ssrc.soe.ucsc.edu">Storage Systems Research Center</a>), Jack 
 Baskin School of Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz. <br>
-<b><br>
-           </b>Smartmontools was derived directly from smartsuite .  It differs
-from smartsuite in that it supports
-the ATA/ATAPI-5 standard.   So for example <tt>smartctl</tt> from smartsuite
-has no facility  for printing  the S.M.A.R.T. self-test logs, and doesn't
-print timestamp information  in the most  usable  way.   The  <tt>smartctl</tt>
- utility in smartmontools has added functionality (<tt>-l,</tt><tt>-L,-f,
--F and -m</tt> options),  updated documentation, and also fixes small technical
-bugs in smartsuite. <br>
- <br>
-           The other principle difference is that smartmontools is an open-source 
-development project, meaning that we keep the files in CVS, and   that  other 
-developers who wish to contribute can commit changes to the archive. &nbsp;If 
-you would like to contribute, please write to to <a
- href="ttp://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/smartmontools-support">
+ <b><br>
+            </b>Smartmontools was derived directly from smartsuite .  It
+differs from smartsuite in that it supports the ATA/ATAPI-5 standard.   So
+for example <tt>smartctl</tt> from smartsuite has no facility  for printing
+ the S.M.A.R.T. self-test logs, and doesn't print timestamp information 
+in the most  usable  way.   The  <tt>smartctl</tt>  utility in smartmontools
+has added functionality (<tt>-q,-Q,</tt><tt>-L,-f, -F and -m</tt> options),
+updated documentation, and also fixes small technical bugs in smartsuite.
+&nbsp; See the <a
+ href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/smartmontools/sm5/CHANGELOG">CHANGELOG</a>
+file for a summary of what's been done.<br>
+<br>
+            The other principle difference is that smartmontools is an open-source
+ development project, meaning that we keep the files in CVS, and   that 
+other  developers who wish to contribute can commit changes to the archive.
+&nbsp;If  you would like to contribute, please write to to <a
+ href="ttp://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/smartmontools-support"> 
     smartmontools-support</a>.<br>
- <br>
- But the bottom line is that the code in smartmontools is derived directly 
-from smartsuite  and is very similar.  The smartsuite package can be found
-<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartsuite/">here</a>. &nbsp;<br>
-                     
+  <br>
+  But the bottom line is that the code in smartmontools is derived directly
+ from smartsuite  and is similar.  The smartsuite package can be found <a
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartsuite/">here</a>. &nbsp;<br>
+                       
 <hr width="100%" size="2"><br>
-              <a name="references"></a><big><b>Useful references on S.M.A.R.T.
+               <a name="references"></a><big><b>Useful references on S.M.A.R.T. 
    and   the   ATA/ATAPI standards<br>
-              </b>If you are having trouble understanding the output of smartctl
-    or  smartd,  please first read the manual pages:<tt><br>
-             &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; man 8 smartctl<br>
-             &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; man 8 smartd</tt><br>
-              If you'd like to know more about S.M.A.R.T., then the following 
-  references     may be helpful:<br>
-             </big>             
+               </b>If you are having trouble understanding the output of
+smartctl     or  smartd,  please first read the manual pages:<tt><br>
+              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; man 8 smartctl<br>
+              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; man 8 smartd</tt><br>
+               If you'd like to know more about S.M.A.R.T., then the following
+   references     may be helpful:<br>
+              </big>              
 <ul>
-               <li>The <a href="http://www.t13.org/project/d1321r1c.pdf">
-ATAPI/ATA-5       Revision 1 specification</a></li>
-               <li><a href="http://www.t13.org/#FTP_site">Earlier and later 
- revisions      of the ATAPI/ATA specifications</a></li>
-               <li>The S.M.A.R.T. specification is SFF-8035i (rev E). &nbsp;I 
-  can   not   find an on-line reference. It can be obtained from the <a
- href="http://www.sffcommittee.com/ns/">Small Form Factors  Committee</a>
+                <li>The <a
+ href="http://www.t13.org/project/d1321r1c.pdf"> ATAPI/ATA-5       Revision
+1 specification</a></li>
+                <li><a href="http://www.t13.org/#FTP_site">Earlier and later
+  revisions      of the ATAPI/ATA specifications</a></li>
+                <li>The S.M.A.R.T. specification is SFF-8035i (rev E). &nbsp;I
+   can   not   find an on-line reference. It can be obtained from the <a
+ href="http://www.sffcommittee.com/ns/">Small Form Factors  Committee</a> 
           . Here is their <a
  href="ftp://ftp.seagate.com/sff/INF-8035.TXT"> "link"</a>        .</li>
-                         
+                           
 </ul>
-                       
-<hr width="100%" size="2"><a name="sampleoutput"></a><b>Sample output from 
-     smartmontools</b><br>
-            <tt>      </tt>       
-<pre><tt>root#  /usr/sbin/smartctl -am /dev/hda<br>smartctl version 5.0-6 Copyright (C) 2002 Bruce Allen<br>Home page of smartctl is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/<br><br>Device Model:     HITACHI_DK23BA-20<br>Serial Number:    12H7M8<br>Firmware Version: 00E0A0D2<br>ATA Version is:   5<br>ATA Standard is:  ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1<br>SMART support is: Enabled<br><br>SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED<br><br><br>General SMART Values: <br>Off-line data collection status: (0x00)	Offline data collection activity was<br>					never started.<br><br>Self-test execution status:      (   0)	The previous self-test routine completed<br>					without error or no self-test has ever <br>					been run.<br><br>Total time to complete off-line <br>data collection: 		 (1530) seconds.<br><br>Offline data collection<br>capabilities: 			 (0x1b) SMART execute Offline immediate.<br>					Automatic timer ON/OFF support.<br>					Suspend Offline collection upon new<br>					command.<br>					Offline surface scan supported.<br>					Self-test supported.<br><br>SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering<br>					power-saving mode.<br>					Supports SMART auto save timer.<br><br>Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.<br><br>Short self-test routine <br>recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.<br><br>Extended self-test routine <br>recommended polling time: 	 (  26) minutes.<br><br>Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:<br>Revision Number: 16<br>Attribute                    Flag     Value Worst Threshold Raw Value<br>(  1)Raw Read Error Rate     0x000d   100   084   050       247<br>(  3)Spin Up Time            0x0007   100   100   050       0<br>(  4)Start Stop Count        0x0032   100   100   050       197<br>(  5)Reallocated Sector Ct   0x0033   100   100   010       12<br>(  7)Seek Error Rate         0x000f   100   100   050       330<br>(  9)Power On Hours          0x0032   100   100   060       482 h +  4 m<br>( 10)Spin Retry Count        0x0013   100   100   050       0<br>( 12)Power Cycle Count       0x0032   100   100   050       197<br>(192)Power-Off Retract Count 0x0032   100   100   050       13<br>(195)Hardware ECC Recovered  0x001a   100   065   050       191<br>(196)Reallocated Event Count 0x0032   099   099   001       12<br>(197)Current Pending Sector  0x0032   097   096   001       3<br>(198)Offline Uncorrectable   0x0010   097   096   001       15<br>(199)UDMA CRC Error Count    0x003e   200   200   000       0<br>(221)G-Sense Error Rate      0x000a   100   100   050       0<br>(223)Load Retry Count        0x0012   100   100   050       0<br>(225)Load Cycle Count        0x0032   098   098   050       822100607<br>(230)Unknown Attribute       0x0032   100   100   060       13875<br>(250)Unknown Attribute       0x000a   100   070   050       937<br><br>SMART Error Log<br>SMART Error Logging Version: 1<br>ATA Error Count: 9 (only the most recent five errors are shown below)<br><br>Acronyms used below:<br>DCR = Device Control Register<br>FR  = Features Register<br>SC  = Sector Count Register<br>SN  = Sector Number Register<br>CL  = Cylinder Low Register<br>CH  = Cylinder High Register<br>D/H = Device/Head Register<br>CR  = Content written to Command Register<br>ER  = Error register<br>STA = Status register<br><br>Timestamp is time (in seconds) since the command that caused an error was accepted,<br>measured from the time the disk was powered-on, during the session when the error occurred.<br>Note: timestamp "wraps" after 1193.046 hours = 49.710 days = 2^32 seconds.<br><br>Error Log Structure 1:<br>Error occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 458 hours<br>When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.<br>After command completion occurred, registers were:<br>ER:40 SC:01 SN:15 CL:be CH:2e D/H:e0 ST:51<br>Sequence of commands leading to the command that caused the error were:<br>DCR   FR   SC   SN   CL   CH   D/H   CR   Timestamp<br> 00   00   01   15   be   2e    e0   c8     831.599<br> 00   00   01   14   be   2e    e0   c8     831.594<br> 00   00   01   13   be   2e    e0   c8     831.594<br> 00   00   01   12   be   2e    e0   c8     831.594<br> 00   00   01   11   be   2e    e0   c8     831.594<br><br>Error Log Structure 2:<br>Error occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 458 hours<br>When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.<br>After command completion occurred, registers were:<br>ER:40 SC:45 SN:15 CL:be CH:2e D/H:e0 ST:51<br>Sequence of commands leading to the command that caused the error were:<br>DCR   FR   SC   SN   CL   CH   D/H   CR   Timestamp<br> 00   00   80   da   bd   2e    e0   c8     829.680<br> 00   00   80   5a   bd   2e    e0   c8     829.677<br> 00   00   80   da   bc   2e    e0   c8     829.673<br> 00   00   80   5a   bc   2e    e0   c8     829.671<br> 00   00   01   58   bc   2e    e0   c8     829.671<br><br>Error Log Structure 3:<br>Error occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 458 hours<br>When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.<br>After command completion occurred, registers were:<br>ER:40 SC:01 SN:47 CL:bc CH:2e D/H:e0 ST:51<br>Sequence of commands leading to the command that caused the error were:<br>DCR   FR   SC   SN   CL   CH   D/H   CR   Timestamp<br> 00   00   01   47   bc   2e    e0   c8     826.962<br> 00   00   01   46   bc   2e    e0   c8     826.961<br> 00   00   01   45   bc   2e    e0   c8     826.961<br> 00   00   01   44   bc   2e    e0   c8     826.961<br> 00   00   01   43   bc   2e    e0   c8     826.961<br><br>Error Log Structure 4:<br>Error occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 458 hours<br>When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.<br>After command completion occurred, registers were:<br>ER:40 SC:13 SN:47 CL:bc CH:2e D/H:e0 ST:51<br>Sequence of commands leading to the command that caused the error were:<br>DCR   FR   SC   SN   CL   CH   D/H   CR   Timestamp<br> 00   00   80   da   bb   2e    e0   c8     825.038<br> 00   00   80   5a   bb   2e    e0   c8     825.033<br> 00   00   80   da   ba   2e    e0   c8     825.030<br> 00   00   80   5a   ba   2e    e0   c8     824.940<br> 00   00   80   da   b9   2e    e0   c8     824.937<br><br>Error Log Structure 5:<br>Error occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 458 hours<br>When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.<br>After command completion occurred, registers were:<br>ER:40 SC:01 SN:85 CL:19 CH:2c D/H:e0 ST:51<br>Sequence of commands leading to the command that caused the error were:<br>DCR   FR   SC   SN   CL   CH   D/H   CR   Timestamp<br> 00   00   01   85   19   2c    e0   c8     816.487<br> 00   00   01   84   19   2c    e0   c8     816.487<br> 00   00   01   83   19   2c    e0   c8     816.486<br> 00   00   01   82   19   2c    e0   c8     816.486<br> 00   00   01   81   19   2c    e0   c8     816.486<br><br>SMART Self-test log, version number 1<br><br>Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error<br># 1  Short captive       Completed                     00%       459         <br># 2  Short captive       Completed                     00%       459         <br># 3  Extended off-line   Completed: read failure       40%       455         0x002c1985<br># 4  Extended off-line   Aborted by host               50%       455         <br># 5  Short off-line      Completed                     00%       451         <br># 6  Short off-line      Completed                     00%       451         <br># 7  Extended off-line   Completed: read failure       40%       449         0x002c1985<br># 8  Short off-line      Completed: read failure       20%       391         0x0003e00a<br># 9  Short captive       Interrupted (host reset)      40%       390         <br>#10  Short captive       Interrupted (host reset)      40%       390         <br>#11  Short off-line      Completed: read failure       20%       390         0x0003e00a<br>#12  Extended off-line   Completed: read failure       40%       247         0x002c1979<br><br></tt></pre>
-        <tt>    </tt>             
+                         
+<hr width="100%" size="2"><a name="sampleoutput"></a><b>Sample output from
+      smartmontools</b>
+<pre><tt>
+#root smartctl -am /dev/hda
+smartctl version 5.0-11 Copyright (C) 2002 Bruce Allen
+Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
+
+=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
+Device Model:     HITACHI_DK23BA-20                       
+Serial Number:    12H7M8
+Firmware Version: 00E0A0D2
+ATA Version is:   5
+ATA Standard is:  ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1
+SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
+SMART support is: Enabled
+
+=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
+SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
+See vendor-specific Attribute list for marginal Attributes.
+
+General SMART Values:
+Off-line data collection status: (0x00)	Offline data collection activity was
+					never started.
+Self-test execution status:      (   0)	The previous self-test routine completed
+					without error or no self-test has ever 
+					been run.
+Total time to complete off-line 
+data collection: 		 (1530) seconds.
+Offline data collection
+capabilities: 			 (0x1b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
+					Automatic timer ON/OFF support.
+					Suspend Offline collection upon new
+					command.
+					Offline surface scan supported.
+					Self-test supported.
+SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
+					power-saving mode.
+					Supports SMART auto save timer.
+Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
+Short self-test routine 
+recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
+Extended self-test routine 
+recommended polling time: 	 (  26) minutes.
+
+SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
+Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
+ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE     WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
+  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000d   100   084   050    Pre-fail     -       463
+  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0007   100   100   050    Pre-fail     -       0
+  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age      -       235
+  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   099   099   010    Pre-fail     -       17
+  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   100   100   050    Pre-fail     -       394
+  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   099   099   060    Old_age      -       603 h + 10 m
+ 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   050    Pre-fail     -       0
+ 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age      -       235
+192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age      -       14
+195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   100   001   050    Old_age  In_the_past 391
+196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   099   099   001    Old_age      -       17
+197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032   097   096   001    Old_age      -       3
+198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   097   096   001    Old_age      -       19
+199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age      -       0
+221 G-Sense_Error_Rate      0x000a   100   100   050    Old_age      -       0
+223 Load_Retry_Count        0x0012   100   100   050    Old_age      -       0
+225 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   096   096   050    Old_age      -       18446744072115740671
+230 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   060    Old_age      -       15921
+250 Unknown_Attribute       0x000a   100   070   050    Old_age      -       92
+
+SMART Error Log Version: 1
+ATA Error Count: 9 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
+	DCR = Device Control Register
+	FR  = Features Register
+	SC  = Sector Count Register
+	SN  = Sector Number Register
+	CL  = Cylinder Low Register
+	CH  = Cylinder High Register
+	D/H = Device/Head Register
+	CR  = Content written to Command Register
+	ER  = Error register
+	STA = Status register
+Timestamp is seconds since the previous disk power-on.
+Note: timestamp "wraps" after 2^32 msec = 49.710 days.
+
+Error 1 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 458 hours
+When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
+After command completion occurred, registers were:
+ER:40 SC:01 SN:15 CL:be CH:2e D/H:e0 ST:51
+Sequence of commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
+DCR   FR   SC   SN   CL   CH   D/H   CR   Timestamp
+ 00   00   01   15   be   2e    e0   c8     831.599
+ 00   00   01   14   be   2e    e0   c8     831.594
+ 00   00   01   13   be   2e    e0   c8     831.594
+ 00   00   01   12   be   2e    e0   c8     831.594
+ 00   00   01   11   be   2e    e0   c8     831.594
+
+Error 2 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 458 hours
+When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
+After command completion occurred, registers were:
+ER:40 SC:45 SN:15 CL:be CH:2e D/H:e0 ST:51
+Sequence of commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
+DCR   FR   SC   SN   CL   CH   D/H   CR   Timestamp
+ 00   00   80   da   bd   2e    e0   c8     829.680
+ 00   00   80   5a   bd   2e    e0   c8     829.677
+ 00   00   80   da   bc   2e    e0   c8     829.673
+ 00   00   80   5a   bc   2e    e0   c8     829.671
+ 00   00   01   58   bc   2e    e0   c8     829.671
+
+Error 3 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 458 hours
+When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
+After command completion occurred, registers were:
+ER:40 SC:01 SN:47 CL:bc CH:2e D/H:e0 ST:51
+Sequence of commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
+DCR   FR   SC   SN   CL   CH   D/H   CR   Timestamp
+ 00   00   01   47   bc   2e    e0   c8     826.962
+ 00   00   01   46   bc   2e    e0   c8     826.961
+ 00   00   01   45   bc   2e    e0   c8     826.961
+ 00   00   01   44   bc   2e    e0   c8     826.961
+ 00   00   01   43   bc   2e    e0   c8     826.961
+
+Error 4 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 458 hours
+When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
+After command completion occurred, registers were:
+ER:40 SC:13 SN:47 CL:bc CH:2e D/H:e0 ST:51
+Sequence of commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
+DCR   FR   SC   SN   CL   CH   D/H   CR   Timestamp
+ 00   00   80   da   bb   2e    e0   c8     825.038
+ 00   00   80   5a   bb   2e    e0   c8     825.033
+ 00   00   80   da   ba   2e    e0   c8     825.030
+ 00   00   80   5a   ba   2e    e0   c8     824.940
+ 00   00   80   da   b9   2e    e0   c8     824.937
+
+Error 5 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 458 hours
+When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
+After command completion occurred, registers were:
+ER:40 SC:01 SN:85 CL:19 CH:2c D/H:e0 ST:51
+Sequence of commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
+DCR   FR   SC   SN   CL   CH   D/H   CR   Timestamp
+ 00   00   01   85   19   2c    e0   c8     816.487
+ 00   00   01   84   19   2c    e0   c8     816.487
+ 00   00   01   83   19   2c    e0   c8     816.486
+ 00   00   01   82   19   2c    e0   c8     816.486
+ 00   00   01   81   19   2c    e0   c8     816.486
+
+SMART Self-test log, version number 1
+Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
+# 1  Short off-line      Completed                     00%       587         
+# 2  Short off-line      Completed                     00%       583         
+# 3  Short off-line      Completed                     00%       551         
+# 4  Short captive       Interrupted (host reset)      40%       551         
+# 5  Short off-line      Completed                     00%       551         
+# 6  Extended off-line   Completed: read failure       40%       550         0x002c1985
+# 7  Extended off-line   Aborted by host               50%       550         
+# 8  Short off-line      Completed                     00%       550         
+# 9  Short off-line      Completed                     00%       537         
+#10  Extended off-line   Completed: read failure       40%       536         0x002c1985
+#11  Short off-line      Completed                     00%       536         
+#12  Short off-line      Completed                     00%       536         
+#13  Short off-line      Completed                     00%       533         
+#14  Short off-line      Completed                     00%       532         
+#15  Short captive       Completed                     00%       459         
+#16  Short captive       Completed                     00%       459         
+#17  Extended off-line   Completed: read failure       40%       455         0x002c1985
+#18  Extended off-line   Aborted by host               50%       455         
+#19  Short off-line      Completed                     00%       451         
+#20  Short off-line      Completed                     00%       451         
+#21  Extended off-line   Completed: read failure       40%       449         0x002c1985
+</tt></pre>
+         <tt>    </tt>              
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