From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 19 14:57:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5AD01065670 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:57:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [IPv6:2001:470:a80a:1:21f:d0ff:fe22:b8a8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88A1E8FC1E for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:57:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4A0353EA0D5 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:57:00 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at honeypot.net Received: from kanga.honeypot.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (kanga.honeypot.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id aiUZ7d+gv0XQ for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:56:58 -0600 (CST) Received: from pooh.honeypot.net (pooh.honeypot.net [IPv6:2001:470:a80a:1:20a:95ff:fed5:10f2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C501C53EA0CD for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:56:58 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: From: Kirk Strauser To: FreeBSD Questions ML Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:56:54 -0600 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Clearing SMART errors I don't care about? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:57:01 -0000 I have a 250GB drive that I use exclusively for unimportant data. I run smartd to watch the status of my drives and get regular output like: smartd[1409]: Device: /dev/ad8, 4 Offline uncorrectable sectors I've been seeing that exact message for a couple of years now and don't particularly care. I'd like to know if the drive's about to roll over and die, but I really don't need to know about the same 4 offline uncorrectable errors. Is there a way to clear that message while leaving SMART enabled on the drive? I didn't see anything specifically answering it in smartctl(8) but wondered if I missed something. -- Kirk Strauser