smartd failed?

[-=Brian Truter=-]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Randy Kelsoe
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 12:16 PM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: smartd failed?
> 
> Torres, Peter wrote:
> 
> >I get the same message, and I checked my BIOS and SMART is enabled.
> >
> >  
> >
> Enabling SMART in BIOS does a SMART check on the drive when 
> the machine is powered on. If the drive fails, the BIOS may 
> ignore it. You can have SMART disabled in BIOS and still have 
> smartd run. Check your /etc/smartd.conf file and make sure 
> the disks defined there match what you actually have in your system.
> 
>  
> 
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By default, the smartd is looking at /dev/hda. On some systems you may need
to adjust that device to the actual device you are using, such ave /dev/sda,
etc.