[mythtv-users] warning for anyone with western digital green drives

Ronald Frazier ron at ronfrazier.net
Thu Jan 5 20:55:12 UTC 2012


On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> I'd say it's worth checking your current value


And I guess I left this out of my initial post, but you can check it
with the following command:
smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count

just substitute /dev/sda with whatever device your WD green drive is.
You may need to install a package to get smartctl installed

-- 
Ron Frazier


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