- drive keeps having partition problems
- Posted by Squeeze on April 27th, 2008
Franc Zabkar wrote in news:4so9141hl7hqnd5l0j1dalq8th9h1s1reo@4ax.com
Silly you:
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8.51.1 SMART DISABLE OPERATIONS
8.51.1.1 Command code
B0h with a Feature register value of D9h.
8.51.1.2 Feature set
SMART feature set.
- Mandatory when the SMART feature set is implemented.
- Use prohibited when the PACKET Command feature set is implemented.
8.51.1.8 Description
This command disables all SMART capabilities within the device including any and all timer and event count
functions related exclusively to this feature. After command acceptance the device shall disable all SMART
operations. SMART data shall no longer be monitored or saved by the device. The state of SMART, either
enabled or disabled, shall be preserved by the device across power cycles.
T13 Draft 1410D
- Posted by Franc Zabkar on April 28th, 2008
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:42:54 +0100, "Squeeze" <rubberduck@duckies.au>
put finger to keyboard and composed:
That depends on the BIOS.
The SMART enable/disable setting in the AMI BIOS of my PCChips socket
7 M571 mainboard has no effect on SMART reporting. When I run the
Smartudm utility after a DOS boot, it always shows that SMART is
enabled, and the SMART attributes are always updated.
OTOH, the SMART enable/disable setting in my ECS L7S7A2 AMI BIOS does
disable the updating of SMART attributes. Smartudm shows it as
disabled on its first run. Subsequent passes show it as enabled (by
Smartudm), until the next reboot when the BIOS reverts it to disabled.
- Franc Zabkar
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Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
- Posted by Squeeze on April 28th, 2008
Franc Zabkar wrote in news:m7ta14lsrs1ql5ukajvedhahumm703m0dm@4ax.com
Pity about the "S.M.A.R.T is *always* enabled as far as the drive is concerned".
Right, S.M.A.R.T is *not* always enabled as far as the drive is concerned.
[snip]
- Posted by Franc Zabkar on April 28th, 2008
On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:39:31 +0100, "Squeeze" <rubberduck@duckies.au>
put finger to keyboard and composed:
The author of smartmontools is both right and wrong depending on which
version of BIOS you have.
- Franc Zabkar
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Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
- Posted by Squeeze on April 28th, 2008
Franc Zabkar wrote in news:ehfc149sv6duromqe8vdbga859oq2fd521@4ax.com
Pity that the author of smartmontools didn't say anything of the sort.
The conclusion was all your's and no one elses.
- Posted by John Turco on May 4th, 2008
Franc Zabkar wrote:
<edited for brevity>
<edited>
Hello, Franc:
"Squeeze" <rubberduck@duckies.au> is just one of the psuedonyms of Folkert Rienstra
(a notorious Usenet troll, based in the Netherlands). He uses this sneaky tactic, to
evade the "killfiles" of his many enemies.
By including "au" with his phony e-mail address, he's trying too fool people into
believing he's really Rod Speed (an Australian, who happens to be his main adversary,
here in <news:comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage>).
The dour Dutchman has long pestered >this< newsgroup, among certain others.
Cordially,
John Turco <jtur@concentric.net>
