Re: Seagate Barracuda unsupported?

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 12:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> I would suspect #1, but it is possible the issue is #2.
>
> If you can, pull the drive out and plug it into a different controller,
> perhaps a USB dock. Same results there means it is the drive.
>
>
Indeed, a second check with a USB enclosure, on a different computer,
reports the same error, plus plenty
of sector read errors in dmesg. Safe to say the drive is toast, I guess.

I didn't know that smartctl inability to reach the drive could indicate
failure.
Good to know for the future.

Cheers,

Stefano
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