Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of FAQ

Timestamp:

Sep 15, 2009, 10:16:26 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

Gabriele Pohl

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FAQ

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+=== My ATA drive is not in the {{{smartctl}}}/{{{smartd}}} database ===
+
+Does this break anything? How do I get it added? 
+
+If your drive is not in the database, then the ''names'' of the Attributes 
+(displayed in the {{{ATTRIBUTE_NAME}}} column of {{{smartctl -A /dev/hd?}}}) 
+and the ''format'' of the the raw Attribute values shown in the 
+{{{RAW_VALUE}}} column may be incorrect.  This is mostly cosmetic: 
+the essential drive health monitoring/testing functionality of 
+{{{smartmontools}}} does ''not'' depend upon the database.
+
+'''If your drive is not in the database, pleaes check the 
+[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=64297 sourceforge project page]
+to be sure that you are using the latest smartmontools release.  Each
+new release has additional drives added to the database. Please do
+not submit a new drive for the database without checking to see if it
+is already in the database of the current smartmontools release version.'''
+
+'''If your drive is not in the database of the current release,'''
+to have it added to the database, first use the command:
+{{{
+ smartctl -t short /dev/hd?
+}}}
+to run a short self-test on the drive, and wait a 
+few minutes for the test to complete. Then email 
+the entire output from:[[BR]]
+{{{
+smartctl -a /dev/hd?
+}}}
+
+to [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/smartmontools-database smartmontools-database]
+as a plain-text ASCII email attachment (file type: ".txt").  The timestamp
+in the self-test log will help us to determine whether Attribute 9 is
+being used to store the lifetime in hours, minutes, or seconds.
+
+If you need to use any of the vendor-specific display options
+({{{-v}}} options) with the drive, or if any of the Attributes are
+behaving strangely, please include that information as well.
+
+----
+
 == Selftests ==
 
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-<!-- Add drive to database -->
-<h3><a name="FAQ-database"></a>My ATA drive is not in the <tt>smartctl</tt>/<tt>smartd</tt> database.  Does this break anything? How do I get it added?</h3>
-
-<p> If your drive is not in the database, then the
- <i>names</i> of the Attributes (displayed in the <tt>ATTRIBUTE_NAME</tt> column of
- <tt>smartctl -A /dev/hd?</tt>) and the <i>format</i> of the the raw Attribute
- values shown in the <tt>RAW_VALUE</tt> column may be incorrect.  This
- is mostly cosmetic: the essential drive health monitoring/testing
- functionality of <b>smartmontools</b> does <i>not</i> depend upon the
- database.
-
-</p>
-
-<p><b>If your drive is not in the database, pleaes check the <a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=64297">sourceforge project page</a>
- to be sure that you are using the latest smartmontools release.  Each
- new release has additional drives added to the database.  Please do
- not submit a new drive for the database without checking to see if it
- is already in the database of the current smartmontools release
- version.</b></p>
-
-<p><b> If your drive is not in the database of the current release,</b>
- to have it added to the database, first use the command:<br/>
- <span class="code">smartctl -t short /dev/hd?</span><br/> to run a short self-test on
- the drive, and wait a few minutes for the test to complete.  Then
- email the entire output from:<br/> <span class="code">smartctl -a /dev/hd?</span><br/>
-
- to <a
- href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/smartmontools-database">smartmontools-database</a>
- as a plain-text ASCII email attachment (file type: ".txt").  The timestamp
- in the self-test log will help us to determine whether Attribute 9 is
- being used to store the lifetime in hours, minutes, or seconds.</p>
-
-<p>If you need to use any of the vendor-specific display options
- (<tt>-v</tt> options) with the drive, or if any of the Attributes are
- behaving strangely, please include that information as well.</p>
-<hr />
+
 
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