Artem Bokhan <aptem@xxxxxx> writes: > It appears that passing self-test command to SATA disk does not work > too. Although nobody reports any error, self-test actually just does > not start. > > smartctl -d megaraid,10 -t long /dev/sg0 > > smartctl 5.40 2010-10-16 r3189 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] (local build) > Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net > > /dev/sg0 [megaraid_disk_10] [SAT]: Device open changed type from 'megaraid' to 'sat' > === START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION === > Sending command: "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately > in off-line mode". > Drive command "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in > off-line mode" successful. > Testing has begun. > Please wait 255 minutes for test to complete. > Test will complete after Sat Nov 27 01:54:44 2010 > > Use smartctl -X to abort test. I'm not sure I understand you correctly. The above output looks normal. You mean that "smartctl -l selftest" doesn't show any test in progress or finished? BjÃrn -- 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