Re: [LI] S.M.A.R.T Capability

["Srinivas Rao" <chini21@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

HI aane...

the S.M.A.R.T warns u about eminent system failures or hard disk 
malfunctions...if u want to enable it u can do itin the BIOS when booting 
up..i think it's DEL or F1...or it's system specific....i have mine enabled 
because i can come to know of any problems in advance..if u have doubts 
about anything check out www.webopedia.com they have the most comprehensive 
information about any computer related aspect....

heres what they say

Acronym for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, an
                 open standard for developing disk drives and software 
systems that
                 automatically monitor a disk drive's health and report 
potential problems.
                 Ideally, this should allow you to take proactive actions 
to prevent impending
                 disk crashes.

take care
chini


> From: "Anand Biligiri S" <abiligiri@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: "Linux" <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LI] S.M.A.R.T Capability
> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 19:14:00 +0530
>
> hi all
>
> when i boot the system i get the message
>
> HDD S.M.A.R.T   capability ...............    disabled
>
> what does this mean ?
>
> i am using Seagate 34321A 4.3G HDD
>
> Anand
>
>
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