WARNING: Your hard drive is failing

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Wed Jul 24 15:27:04 UTC 2013



Am 24.07.2013 17:14, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz:
> WARNING: Your hard drive is failing
> Device: /dev/sdd [USB JMicron], unable to open device
> 
> I see this message on all my terminals and system logs. Actually nothing
> is failing, I've disconnected USB hard drive (using "eject" button in
> GNOME shell), then disconnected drive from cable. It looks like some
> part of Fedora 19 is not noticing drive removal. Can I fix it somehow?

systemctl restart smartd.service

obviously you had the drive connected at boot and your "smartd.conf"
is at default "DRIVESCAN" and not explicit configured drives to
monitor, so it does what it is configured for: cry if a drive
is gone

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