> > This appears to be a different problem. Something is issuing SMART-related > > commands (smartd or smartctl perhaps) which the drive seems to be reacting > > strangely to. .. > Specifically, I could trigger it by running 'smartctl -d ata -S on > /dev/sda' OR (s-S/o/). This sounds like a known bug in smartmontools: http://marc.info/?l=smartmontools-support&m=117203137719518 http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-ide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg03160.html -jim - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html