hello dear linux-experts good day 
How do I use SMART tools to check on my notebooks hard drive? That is the question of the day for me. i want to run a SMART-Test on my notebook to test the harddrive.
i have opensuse 13.1 on the machine: and the SMART-Tools are installed.
SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) is a technology included in most hard drives today.
**Short test: ** According to the documentation, this command can be given during normal system operation (unless run in captive mode).
i can run the test:
smartctl --test=short /dev/sda1
see here what happens:
martin@linux-70ce:~> su
Passwort:
linux-70ce:/home/martin # smartctl --test=short /dev/sda1
smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [i686-linux-3.11.10-25-desktop] (SUSE RPM)
Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION ===
Sending command: "Execute SMART Short self-test routine immediately in off-line mode".
Drive command "Execute SMART Short self-test routine immediately in off-line mode" successful.
Testing has begun.
Please wait 2 minutes for test to complete.
Test will complete after Tue Jan 20 00:29:16 2015
Use smartctl -X to abort test.
linux-70ce:/home/martin #
hmm - this seems to be a short (quick ) test. But i have to wait to see the results. Question: do they come to the terminal - are they are shown in the terminal?
btw: i also can run the ** Long Test**:
The long test can also be run on a live system, and will do a lot deeper testing on the device, however it will take significantly longer to finish.
smartctl --test=long /dev/sda smartctl
well - how can i run tests on all the partitions: is this possible to do this with only one single step?
cfdisk (util-linux 2.23.2)
Festplatte: /dev/sda
GrM-CM-6M-C~_e: 320072933376 Bytes, 320,0 GB
KM-CM-6pfe: 255 Sektoren pro Spur: 63 Zylinder: 38913
Name Flags Part. Typ Dateisystemtyp [Bezeichner] GrM-CM-6M-C~_e (MB)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PrimM-CM-$re Freier Bereich 164,63 *
sda4 PrimM-CM-$re LVM2_member 1990,20 *
sda2 PrimM-CM-$re LVM2_member 21475,89 *
sda5 NC Logische swap 2155,88 *
sda6 NC Logische ext4 21475,89 *
sda7 NC Logische ext4 272799,63 *
Pri/Log Freier Bereich 10,84 *
but what can i do if i want to Get it all:
there are options to do that - getting it all:
The next and last command will output all the information the drive can possibly give. In the response below I have selectively removed a lot of output because there is a lot information to go through. My main point is the command and something I will get to in just a second.
smartctl -a /dev/sda Device Mode
since the harddrive has differnet partitions - the question arises: how to test all at once?
question: which way to get the drive tested in one single step
are there options to do that - getting it all in a single command.
look forward to any and all hints and help
greetings
