Using smartctl to detect "scan errors" (like google tells me to do ...)

Bruce Cran bruce at cran.org.uk
Mon Jul 9 15:26:05 UTC 2012


On 09/07/2012 16:12, Jason Usher wrote:
> What is a scan error, and which metric should I tell smartctl to check ?

I think they mean a SMART scan, as in a self-test - 
http://www.twopenguins.it/2011/12/test-an-hard-disk-with-smartctl/ has 
details of how to run it.

-- 
Bruce Cran


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