Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of FAQ

Timestamp:

Sep 14, 2009, 12:42:00 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

Gabriele Pohl

Comment:

Transform HTML to Wiki-Syntax

FAQ

@@ -149 +149 @@
 == Protocols, Devices and Controllers ==
 
+----
+
 == Smartmontools Database ==
 
+----
+
 == Selftests ==
 
-== Operating System ==
-
-== Firmware Issues ==
-
-== Distribution ==
-
-{{{
-#!html
-
-
-
-<!-- Operating system requirements -->
-<h3><a name="os-requirements">What are the operating system requirements?</a></h3>
-
-<p>Please see the first section of the
-<a href="http://sourceforge.net/browser/trunk/smartmontools/INSTALL">
-INSTALL</a> file.</p>
-<hr />
-
-<!-- manufacturer-specific disk-testing utilities -->
-<h3><a name="UBCD"></a><b>Where can I find manufacturer-specific
-disk-testing utilities?</b></h3>
-
-<p>A good listing of such utilities can be found <a
-href="http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html?/be_hdd2.html"><img src="pics/linkext.gif" width="11" height="11" border="0" alt="extLink: " />here</a>.
+----
+
+=== Where can I find manufacturer-specific disk-testing utilities? ===
+
+A good listing of such utilities can be found [http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html?/be_hdd2.html here].
 Unfortunately most of these are for MS operating systems, but most can
 be run from a MS-DOS boot disk.
-The <a href="http://ubcd.sourceforge.net/"><img src="pics/linkext.gif" width="11" height="11" border="0" alt="extLink: " />UBCD (Ultimate Boot CD)</a>
-
+
+The [http://ubcd.sourceforge.net/ UBCD (Ultimate Boot CD)]
 includes most of these disk-testing utilities and many other useful
 diagnostic tools ready to boot from CD or USB memory stick.
 The UBCD can be customized by adding other images, like one
-<a href="faq.html#bootable">containing smartmontools</a>.
-</p>
-
-<p>Note: if you do run one of these utilities, and it identifies the
+[wiki:Download#ListofbootableCDs containing smartmontools].
+
+Note: if you do run one of these utilities, and it identifies the
 meanings of any SMART Attributes that are not known to smartmontools,
 please report them to the
-<a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/smartmontools-support"><img src="pics/linkext.gif" width="11" height="11" border="0" alt="extLink: " />smartmontools-support mailing list</a>.</p>
-
-<p>These utilities have an important role to fill.  If your disk has
+[https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/smartmontools-support smartmontools-support mailing list]
+or add the info to [wiki:TocDoc#OurCollectionOnVendorSpecificIssues our info pages on vendor specific SMART Attributes].
+
+These utilities have an important role to fill.  If your disk has
 bad sectors (for example, as revealed by running self-tests with
 smartmontools) and the disk is not able to recover the data from those
-sectors, then the disk will <em>not</em> automatically reallocate those
+sectors, then the disk will ''not'' automatically reallocate those
 damaged sectors from its set of spare sectors, because
 forcing the reallocation to take place may entail some loss of data.
 Because the commands that force such reallocation are
-<em>Vendor Specific</em>, most manufactuers provide a utility for this
+''Vendor Specific'', most manufactuers provide a utility for this
 purpose. It may cause data loss but can repair damaged sectors (at
-least, until it runs out of replacement sectors).</p>
-
-<hr />
+least, until it runs out of replacement sectors).
+
+----
+
+== Operating System ==
+
+----
+
+=== What are the operating system requirements? ===
+
+Please see the first section of the
+[http://sourceforge.net/browser/trunk/smartmontools/INSTALL INSTALL] file.
+
+----
+
+== Firmware Issues ==
+
+----
+
+== Distribution ==
+
+----
+
+{{{
+#!html
+
+
 
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