Scott Ribe <scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> My damn powerbook drive recently failed with very little warning > It seems to me that S.M.A.R.T. reporting is a crock of shit. I've had ATA > drives report everything OK while clearly in the final throes of death, just > minutes before total failure. FWIW, I replaced a powerbook's drive about two weeks ago myself, and its SMART reporting didn't show a darn thing wrong either. Fortunately, the drive started acting noticeably weird (long pauses seemingly trying to recalibrate itself) while still working well enough that I was able to get everything copied off it. I didn't wait for it to fail completely ;-) regards, tom lane
