Re: long tests automatically get interrupted

Andrew Engelbrecht <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.utilities.smartmontools
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 06/13/2014 06:15 PM, Dan Lukes wrote:
> On 06/14/14 00:06, Andrew Engelbrecht:
>>> # 3  Extended captive    Interrupted (host reset)      90%       
>>> 73         -

> Do you have a specific reason to run test in captive mode ?


i first tried captive mode as a work around after this early test:

> # 5  Extended offline    Interrupted (host reset)      40%         3         -

after that failure, captive mode seemed like a potential solution but
was counter-productive, since all those tests failed early on.

i remembered the test in offline mode having failed for the same or
similar reasons, but perhaps i was mistaken.


would you like for me to make a section on the faq addressing this issue?

the man page's section for --captive is almost clear enough:

> WARNING:  Tests  run  in captive mode may busy out the drive for
> the length of the test.  Only run captive tests on drives  with‐
> out any mounted partitions!

it would be clearer if that said:

"... may busy out the drive for the length of the test. <This may cause
the kernel to reset the device during an extended test. Also,> only run
captive tests..."

as it is, the first statement seems to be only relevant in support of
the one that follows.

thanks for your guidance.


-andrew



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