Messages in this thread |  | | From | jbradford@dial ... | Subject | Re: Hi is this critical?? | Date | Tue, 17 Sep 2002 20:30:08 +0100 (BST) |
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> On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 10:34:10AM -0700, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > Quietly it is the SHIPPER's Test. > > > > There should be an appilcation you run when you get the device. > > If you fail to run it when you get first powerup the device, you are at > > fault. To many devices have been smoked in shipping. > > Umm, that's crap. If the program is an x86 binary, I don't have > the facilities to run it here.
No, it's not an x86 binary, it's in the firmware of the drive:
Execute Extended Self Test
smartctl -x /dev/hda?
so if you can send a S.M.A.R.T. command, you can run the test.
> Its their problem. Its a crap system. Period.
No, I don't think that you can expect drive manufacturers to replace a disc that you haven't taken care of, especially if it has been used as a football, (isn't that against FIFA regulations, though? Especially in the world cup example given earlier in this thread. I thought the specs of the football were quite strict).
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