Opened 13 years ago
Closed 11 years ago
#40 closed enhancement (fixed)
smartctl --test when a test is already running causes it to abort
| Reported by: | Giuseppe Iuculano | Owned by: | Christian Franke |
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| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | Release 5.43 |
| Component: | smartctl | Version: | 5.38 |
| Keywords: | ata | Cc: | 545765-forwarded@… |
Description
Hi,
I'm forwarding a bug reported by a Debian user.
smartctl can be used to execute a test on a drive already running another test. In my case, I ran a short test on a drive already running a long test. I was not aware that SMART could only handle 1 test at a time. Apparently, SMART can't resume aborted tests.
smartctl's behavior in this case seems to be to execute the newly requested test without caring about the already one. The worst problem with this is loss of time, as in my scenario. I see two options: running the newly requested test after the currently running one is finished, or prompt for what to do.
Change History (3)
comment:1 Changed 12 years ago by
| Component: | all → smartctl |
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comment:2 Changed 11 years ago by
| Keywords: | ata added |
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| Milestone: | → Release 5.43 |
| Owner: | changed from somebody to Christian Franke |
| Status: | new → accepted |
comment:3 Changed 11 years ago by
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | accepted → closed |
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r3477 (ATA only).