Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <chrome at real-time.com> writes:

> errors in dmesg (the kernel log) reporting a problem of any sort with a
> drive, are grounds for immediate replacement; tho they don't always appear
> when you have a problem. (absence of errors does not indicate that everthing
> is peachy-keen).

Somehow this reminds me -- is SMART of any use in modern drives, and
what kernel levels (or other utilities?) in Linux make any use of the
information if so?
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