> Palimsest in Fedora 16 reports a disk (MAXTOR STM3320620AS) as failing: "DISK HAS MANY BAD SECTORS" etc. > SMART: 197 Current pending Sector Count Value -4 sectors. > > Palimsest in Fedora 17 beta reports the same disk (MAXTOR STM3320620AS) as "OK" > SMART: 197 Current pending Sector Count 0 sectors OK. > > Obviously one is incorrect, which one? They're both incorrect. The Fedora 16 "Value -4" (that is, "-4" ==> 0xFFFFFFFC) probably is a bug [although _where_ is unknown: could be palimsest, could be the interface hardware, could be drive microcode, ...]. The Fedora 17 "OK" is suspect. Also check with "hdparm" and other tools, even on other OS. How old is the drive? That model number says 3-platter, 320MB, SATA. If it's three or more years old, then just replace it. A new drive is $90 or less in US, and 500GB is available for the same price and same other specs (size, power, heat, performance, ...). The data is worth far more than that. -- -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
