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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: A note on SATA drives and smartctl
Date: 17 Dec 2024 18:56:23 GMT
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On Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:22:34 -0700, % <pursent100@gmail.com> wrote in
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> vallor wrote:
>> First, I want to point out that if a SATA drive starts downgrading its
>> connection from SATA III to SATA II to SATA I, it will appear in the log.
>> The connection is logged as dropping from 6Gbps to 3Gbps to 1.5Gbps.
>> 
>> The other thing is if you're suspecting a drive is going bad, smartctl
>> can be used to verify that the drive _is okay_.  Weenerbrane could have
>> used it to eliminate the drive as the failing component.  But he's so
>> wound up with his own "greatness" that he can't see why gathering as
>> much evidence to diagnose a problem as possible only helps with
>> finding an eventual solution.
>> 
> you have become a victim to the snit

???

what does snit have to do with any of this?

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