Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."?

From	Bill Marcum <bill@lat.localnet>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject	Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."?
Date	2011-11-09 11:42 -0500
Organization	Hooves Across the Water, Manes Across The Sky
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On 2011-11-08, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> On 11/7/2011 12:13 PM PT, Ant typed:
>
>>>>> Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours.
>>>>> For details see host's SYSLOG.
>>>>> You can also use the smartctl utility for further investigation.
>>>>> Another email message will be sent in 24 hours if the problem persists.
>>
>>> You can add '-i 9' to the smartd.conf entry for this device to suppress
>>> future warning mails.
>>
>> OK. I just got another e-mail about it this morning. I assume it will
>> keep doing that daily until I stop using that old school IDE/PATA HDD.
>> :( So, I will tell it to stop telling me about it then.
>>
>> Do I just add "/dev/sdb -i 9" line (without quotation marks) to the
>> bottom of my /etc/smartd.conf file? I am not sure if that is correct or
>> not. :)
>
> Hmm, that didn't work and I just got another e-mail about it. Here's 
> what my smartd.conf file looks like in case I did it wrong or whatever:
>
As it says in the file, you need to comment out the DEVICESCAN line or
the remaining lines will be ignored.  You will also need to add or
uncomment lines for any other drives to be scanned.
(Lines beginning with # are comments.)

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"Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2011-11-05 23:39 -0700
  Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2011-11-06 12:04 +0000
    Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? Christian Franke <Christian.Franke@t-online.de> - 2011-11-06 18:54 +0100
      Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2011-11-07 14:13 -0600
        Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2011-11-07 23:10 -0800
          Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? Bill Marcum <bill@lat.localnet> - 2011-11-09 11:42 -0500
            Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2011-11-10 06:36 -0800
  Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2011-11-07 06:33 +1100
  Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? (thanks!) Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2011-11-06 12:19 -0800
  Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? philo <philo@invalid.not> - 2011-11-06 20:40 -0600
    Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-11-07 12:57 +0000
    Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? Winniethepooh@100acrewoods.org (GMAN) - 2011-11-07 15:26 +0000
      Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-11-07 15:32 +0000
        Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2011-11-07 07:39 -0800
          Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-11-07 16:17 +0000
            Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2011-11-07 08:33 -0800
            Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? Kevin Snodgrass <kdsnodgrass@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-07 19:01 +0000
              Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-11-07 20:20 +0000
                Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2011-11-07 14:27 -0600
                Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-11-08 10:17 +0000
                Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2011-11-09 05:53 -0800
                Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-11-09 15:03 +0000
                Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2011-11-10 06:30 -0800
            Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? Winniethepooh@100acrewoods.org (GMAN) - 2011-11-07 19:30 +0000
      Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2011-11-07 07:37 -0800
    Re: "Failed SMART usage Attribute: 9 Power_On_Hours."? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2011-11-07 14:02 -0600

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