error message when starting smartd: FAILURE - SMART status=51 ...

[Uwe Laverenz]

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 01:38:25PM +1200, Steven Samuel Cole wrote:

> Also, the disks are SATA300, the controller supports SATA150 only; there 
> is a jumper on the disks that limits them to SATA150 which I removed. 
> Could that be relevant ?

Yes, it could be relevant. Several controllers have shown problems without
this jumper in the past (VIA, 3ware...).

Uwe