HDC errors

[Michel Alexandre Salim]

On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 22:35, Steve Ward wrote:
> Nick Marsh wrote:
> 
> >> > Why does fedora give a seek error on my system durring every boot.
> >> > 

> Got a CD-ROM or CD-RW on those devices?
> 
> I was puzzled by those errors too (also happens on RH9 if you enable 
> smartd) and they only happen when you have a removable device with no 
> medium in it...
> 
Nothing too puzzling about it; smartd monitors drives and try to predict
if they are about to fail; it would thus have problems with empty
removable devices.

One wonders if it actually can recognise failing CDs. Anyone has
coasters they can test with smartd?

- Michel