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  1. spencers,

     

    I would think if you made a Win XP iso with the drivers injected using various programs out there that I cannot think of at the moment would work ;)

     

    Kryspy

     

    So I've tried that, following a tutorial http://www.wikihow.com/Slipstream-Your-SATA-Drivers-Into-a-Windows-XP-Installation-CD-Using-nLite using nLite to load the drivers from the Virtio ISO to my WinXP 32bit ISO, and it still says no hard drive found. At a complete loss here, fellas.

  2. Getting the no hard disks installed error as well.

    Using a WinXP SP3 32bit ISO. I'd like to get XP installed so I can run BlueIris.

     

    You too need the virtio drivers I mentioned previously.

     

    Now that I look through my XML, I noticed that the cdrom for virtio-win-0.1-100.iso isn't even listed. I absolutely know I selected the iso when I created the VM from the template. Seems like it just didn't get added to the XML.

     

    EDIT: I tried Chrome instead of Safari to create the VM from the template. Looks like the virtio iso is included in the XML. But I'm still seeing the hard disk not found error. There is no option to load drivers, only F3 to reboot. I can press F6 upon boot for loading 3rd party SCSI or RAID, but it when I press "S" to specify the the adapters, it errors and says there isn't a floppy drive attached to load the drivers.

     

    XML while the VM is running:

    <domain type='kvm' id='2'>
      <name>winxpVM</name>
      <uuid>0b3e191b-b057-e3ab-0d51-d751b8baf445</uuid>
      <memory unit='KiB'>524288</memory>
      <currentMemory unit='KiB'>524288</currentMemory>
      <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
      <resource>
        <partition>/machine</partition>
      </resource>
      <os>
        <type arch='i686' machine='pc-i440fx-2.1'>hvm</type>
        <boot dev='cdrom'/>
        <boot dev='hd'/>
      </os>
      <features>
        <acpi/>
        <apic/>
        <pae/>
      </features>
      <clock offset='localtime'>
        <timer name='hypervclock' present='yes'/>
        <timer name='hpet' present='no'/>
      </clock>
      <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
      <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
      <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
      <devices>
        <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
        <disk type='file' device='disk'>
          <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
          <source file='/mnt/cache/apps/kvm/winxpVM/winxpVM.qcow2'/>
          <backingStore/>
          <target dev='hda' bus='virtio'/>
          <alias name='virtio-disk0'/>
          <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
        </disk>
        <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
          <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
          <source file='/mnt/cache/apps/kvm/winxpsp3.iso'/>
          <backingStore/>
          <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
          <readonly/>
          <alias name='ide0-1-0'/>
          <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
        </disk>
        <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
          <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
          <source file='/mnt/cache/apps/kvm/virtio-win-0.1-100.iso'/>
          <backingStore/>
          <target dev='hdd' bus='ide'/>
          <readonly/>
          <alias name='ide0-1-1'/>
          <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='1'/>
        </disk>
        <controller type='usb' index='0'>
          <alias name='usb0'/>
          <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
        </controller>
        <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
          <alias name='pci.0'/>
        </controller>
        <controller type='ide' index='0'>
          <alias name='ide0'/>
          <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
        </controller>
        <interface type='bridge'>
          <mac address='52:54:00:c8:73:7a'/>
          <source bridge='br0'/>
          <target dev='vnet0'/>
          <model type='virtio'/>
          <alias name='net0'/>
          <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
        </interface>
        <serial type='pty'>
          <source path='/dev/pts/1'/>
          <target port='0'/>
          <alias name='serial0'/>
        </serial>
        <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/1'>
          <source path='/dev/pts/1'/>
          <target type='serial' port='0'/>
          <alias name='serial0'/>
        </console>
        <input type='tablet' bus='usb'>
          <alias name='input0'/>
        </input>
        <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
        <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
        <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes' websocket='5700' listen='0.0.0.0'>
          <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/>
        </graphics>
        <video>
          <model type='vmvga' vram='16384' heads='1'/>
          <alias name='video0'/>
          <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
        </video>
        <memballoon model='virtio'>
          <alias name='balloon0'/>
          <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
        </memballoon>
      </devices>
    </domain>
    

     

    EDIT2: So it's a problem with the XP installer only looking for a floppy. Any idea on how to trick it into thinking that ISO is a floppy?

     

    I say this because I just tested Windows 10 Preview. It booted like a charm and was able to find the hard drive after I loaded the driver from WIN8/AMD64.

  3. Getting the no hard disks installed error as well.

    Using a WinXP SP3 32bit ISO. I'd like to get XP installed so I can run BlueIris.

     

    XML as follows:

    <domain type='kvm'>
      <name>blueiris</name>
      <uuid>6b9a00a7-6f8a-9335-c086-e7990570bd19</uuid>
      <memory unit='KiB'>524288</memory>
      <currentMemory unit='KiB'>524288</currentMemory>
      <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
      <os>
        <type arch='i686' machine='pc-i440fx-2.1'>hvm</type>
        <boot dev='hd'/>
      </os>
      <features>
        <acpi/>
        <apic/>
        <pae/>
      </features>
      <clock offset='localtime'>
        <timer name='hypervclock' present='yes'/>
        <timer name='hpet' present='no'/>
      </clock>
      <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
      <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
      <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
      <devices>
        <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
        <disk type='file' device='disk'>
          <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
          <source file='/mnt/cache/apps/kvm/blueiris/blueiris.qcow2'/>
          <target dev='hda' bus='virtio'/>
          <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
        </disk>
        <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
          <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
          <source file='/mnt/cache/apps/kvm/winxpsp3.iso'/>
          <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
          <readonly/>
          <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
        </disk>
        <controller type='usb' index='0'>
          <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
        </controller>
        <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
        <controller type='ide' index='0'>
          <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
        </controller>
        <interface type='bridge'>
          <mac address='52:54:00:fe:3e:5b'/>
          <source bridge='br0'/>
          <model type='virtio'/>
          <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
        </interface>
        <serial type='pty'>
          <target port='0'/>
        </serial>
        <console type='pty'>
          <target type='serial' port='0'/>
        </console>
        <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/>
        <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
        <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
        <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' websocket='-1' listen='0.0.0.0'>
          <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/>
        </graphics>
        <video>
          <model type='vmvga' vram='16384' heads='1'/>
          <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
        </video>
        <memballoon model='virtio'>
          <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
        </memballoon>
      </devices>
    </domain>
    

  4. Had to rebuild some stuff recently and I'm just now getting around to reinstalling Pyload. I'm running unRAID 5.0.5 and getting the error below:

     

    You are not running unRAID version 5.0 so this package can not be installed

    exit

     

     

    EDIT:

    Commented out the version check in the .conf file. All installed fine.

  5. PS: You forgot to mention your recommended power supply doesn't need to be modular. Oh, about the power supply. A lot of these builds use a Corsair PS that puts the PS & CPU fans right ontop of each other. How can that be good? It obviously works because it has been tested, but it seems odd.

     

    Haven't had any heat issues with mine. My server is in the TV cabinet and is currently showing (idle) temperature of 33C. CPU is the i3-3220T.

     

    As far as cable management, I have the extra leads from my Corsair CX430 stored above the PSU. Cable management really isn't an issue with that PSU. I don't see any reason to recommend against that particular model..

  6. All around great build! I love the unopened stack of boxes picture. I like the motherboard tray on your Q25B with the cutout in the middle; mine doesn't have that if I recall. Nice idea of using the Low Voltage RAM!

     

    I had no idea that Plex doesn't gain anything transcoding with an i3 CPU. Sounds like the Celeron G1620 is a decent CPU to save a buck.

     

    The SFF PSU idea seems cool, but you really can't beat a $20 power supply.  :P

  7. Just installed and tested with some files. Works great for my application. I can finally stop running jdownloader on my main computer and offload work to the server instead!

     

    I'll still have to micromanage the downloads as I did with jdownloader, but it's no more involved than if I did it on my main computer!

     

    Thanks for the package!

  8. I think it is a "hot rod" idea more than anything .. the options list is overkill no doubt for an UnRaid server but working from a position of trying to cover the most bases for the buck, the board with the most options seemed logical :D The overclocking aspect intrigued me as I was hoping to run the dual raptor cache in raid 0 through the two on-board 6 gb/s connections (on the floor of the case) and then run a IBM M1015 card for the five hot swap bays with parity and data hdd's ... eventually as fund$ permit:)

     

    Noah  8)

     

    While I think it's smart to be looking into cool features, I think you're trying to put too many eggs in the basket. If you're the tinkerer type, I can understand, but you're dealing with a server here. ie- Set it up and leave it alone, especially in an environment dealing with data storage.

     

    But that's just me :)

     

    PS- I do like the idea of RAID0 raptors. But why not just use a really fast single SSD?

  9. CP keeps hanging when it detects a movie in the "/mnt/cache/apps/sabnzbd/Downloads/complete/movies/" folder. CP is accessible via the web, albeit extremely slow to respond.

     

    If I look at "top" in unMenu, there's a python process with over 100% CPU usage. If I stop CP, the python process disappears.

     

    This happens when my sabnzbd reads my RSS feed and pulls down the movie NZBs. Sabnzbd finishes the download, unpacks, and moves it to "complete." But as soon as it hits that folder, CP locks up.

     

    My CP settings are pretty standard.

    Install dir /usr/local/couchpotato

    Data dir /mnt/cache/apps/couchpotato

    Running as nobody.

    Version 2.3.6

     

    Only thing I can think of is a setting in sabnzbd that does chmod 777 for completed downloads. But SickBeard doesn't have any problems at all, and I think if that were incorrect, SB would lock up as well.

     

    Any ideas?

  10. XBMC "just works" for me.

     

    I have an Acer Revo 1600 with OpenELEC installed (one of the eden betas). Quite stable, especially after getting SAB/SB/CP off that box and onto my newly built unRAID server. Other than that, its always made me happy. Never lagged or stuttered with video.

     

    The XBMC box is used for:

    x264 video

    ESPN3

    Youtube

    AirPlay

     

    In the past I used XBMCfreaks LiveCDs which worked equally well out of the box. I now use OpenELEC because it boots so quickly (even though I rarely turn off my xbmc box  ;D)

  11.  

    Wondering the same thing. I have a Dell PowerEdge SC1430 that loads bzimage/bzroot in about 18 seconds.

     

    However, the unraid box I'm currently building takes about 3 minutes to load bzimage/bzroot.

    http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=18872.0

     

    What's the deal? Is this CPU related? Just curious, really.

     

    Every time you reboot unRAID, you are essentially re-installing the OS and all your add-ons.  unRAID runs from a RAMdisk (not from the flash drive or HDDs).  This means that upon boot, your server needs to copy all of the relevant data from the flash drive into the RAMdisk.  So the read speed of the flash drive and the speed of the USB port are the two biggest factors.  The speed of the RAM isn't really a factor because RAM is so much faster than even the fastest USB flash drive.  I doubt the CPU is much of a factor either.

     

    Interesting. The same exact flash drive gave me the results I posted above. Wonder if the USB port on my build is reverting from usb2.0 to something slower.

     

  12. Here's the third drive. I hit the character limit on the last post.

     

    Old Seagate ST32000542AS

    Old, meaning lots of hours! This thing used to click like it had tourettes until I updated the firmware to CC35.

    
    ========================================================================1.13
    == invoked as: ./preclear_disk.sh -A /dev/sdc
    ==  ST32000542AS    
    == Disk /dev/sdc has been successfully precleared
    == with a starting sector of 64 
    == Ran 1 cycle
    ==
    == Using :Read block size = 8225280 Bytes
    == Last Cycle's Pre Read Time  : 6:33:11 (84 MB/s)
    == Last Cycle's Zeroing time   : 7:22:40 (75 MB/s)
    == Last Cycle's Post Read Time : 15:59:56 (34 MB/s)
    == Last Cycle's Total Time     : 29:56:48
    ==
    == Total Elapsed Time 29:56:48
    ==
    == Disk Start Temperature: 28C
    ==
    == Current Disk Temperature: 35C, 
    ==
    ============================================================================
    ** Changed attributes in files: /tmp/smart_start_sdc  /tmp/smart_finish_sdc
                    ATTRIBUTE   NEW_VAL OLD_VAL FAILURE_THRESHOLD STATUS      RAW_VALUE
          Raw_Read_Error_Rate =   117     114            6        ok          147307819
              Seek_Error_Rate =    38      37           30        near_thresh 10462553746222
             Spin_Retry_Count =   100     100           97        near_thresh 0
             End-to-End_Error =   100     100           99        near_thresh 0
              High_Fly_Writes =    93      95            0        ok          7
      Airflow_Temperature_Cel =    65      72           45        In_the_past 35
          Temperature_Celsius =    35      28            0        ok          35
       Hardware_ECC_Recovered =    53      48            0        ok          147307819
    No SMART attributes are FAILING_NOW
    
    0 sectors were pending re-allocation before the start of the preclear.
    0 sectors were pending re-allocation after pre-read in cycle 1 of 1.
    0 sectors were pending re-allocation after zero of disk in cycle 1 of 1.
    0 sectors are pending re-allocation at the end of the preclear,
        the number of sectors pending re-allocation did not change.
    0 sectors had been re-allocated before the start of the preclear.
    0 sectors are re-allocated at the end of the preclear,
        the number of sectors re-allocated did not change. 
    ============================================================================
    
    
    Disk: /dev/sdc
    smartctl 5.40 2010-10-16 r3189 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] (local build)
    Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
    
    === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
    Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda LP
    Device Model:     ST32000542AS
    Serial Number:    
    Firmware Version: CC35
    User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes
    Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
    ATA Version is:   8
    ATA Standard is:  ATA-8-ACS revision 4
    Local Time is:    Sat Mar 17 01:12:41 2012 Local time zone must be set--see zic m
    SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
    SMART support is: Enabled
    
    === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
    SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
    See vendor-specific Attribute list for marginal Attributes.
    
    General SMART Values:
    Offline data collection status:  (0x00)	Offline data collection activity
    				was never started.
    				Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
    Self-test execution status:      (   0)	The previous self-test routine completed
    				without error or no self-test has ever 
    				been run.
    Total time to complete Offline 
    data collection: 		 ( 623) seconds.
    Offline data collection
    capabilities: 			 (0x73) SMART execute Offline immediate.
    				Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
    				Suspend Offline collection upon new
    				command.
    				No Offline surface scan supported.
    				Self-test supported.
    				Conveyance Self-test supported.
    				Selective Self-test supported.
    SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
    				power-saving mode.
    				Supports SMART auto save timer.
    Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
    				General Purpose Logging supported.
    Short self-test routine 
    recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.
    Extended self-test routine
    recommended polling time: 	 ( 255) minutes.
    Conveyance self-test routine
    recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
    SCT capabilities: 	       (0x103f)	SCT Status supported.
    				SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
    				SCT Feature Control supported.
    				SCT Data Table supported.
    
    SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
    Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
    ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
      1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   117   099   006    Pre-fail  Always       -       147307819
      3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   100   100   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
      4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   098   098   020    Old_age   Always       -       2641
      5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   036    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
      7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   038   037   030    Pre-fail  Always       -       10462553746222
      9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   081   081   000    Old_age   Always       -       17141
    10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   097    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
    12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always       -       120
    183 Runtime_Bad_Block       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
    184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   099    Old_age   Always       -       0
    187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
    188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       131076
    189 High_Fly_Writes         0x003a   093   093   000    Old_age   Always       -       7
    190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   065   038   045    Old_age   Always   In_the_past 35 (0 135 35 27)
    194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   035   062   000    Old_age   Always       -       35 (0 12 0 0)
    195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   053   033   000    Old_age   Always       -       147307819
    197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
    198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
    199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
    240 Head_Flying_Hours       0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       80973018435778
    241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       1506468319
    242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       1988353734
    
    SMART Error Log Version: 1
    No Errors Logged
    
    SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
    Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
    # 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17082         -
    # 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       771         -
    # 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%         0         -
    
    SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
    SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
        1        0        0  Not_testing
        2        0        0  Not_testing
        3        0        0  Not_testing
        4        0        0  Not_testing
        5        0        0  Not_testing
    Selective self-test flags (0x0):
      After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
    If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
    

  13. Here's three that I've completed. Let me know if you see anything crazy Joe.

     

    Brand new Hitachi 5k3000

    ========================================================================1.13
    == invoked as: ./preclear_disk.sh -A /dev/sdb
    ==  Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632    
    == Disk /dev/sdb has been successfully precleared
    == with a starting sector of 64 
    == Ran 1 cycle
    ==
    == Using :Read block size = 8225280 Bytes
    == Last Cycle's Pre Read Time  : 6:42:10 (82 MB/s)
    == Last Cycle's Zeroing time   : 7:20:38 (75 MB/s)
    == Last Cycle's Post Read Time : 15:32:08 (35 MB/s)
    == Last Cycle's Total Time     : 29:36:10
    ==
    == Total Elapsed Time 29:36:10
    ==
    == Disk Start Temperature: 30C
    ==
    == Current Disk Temperature: 32C, 
    ==
    ============================================================================
    ** Changed attributes in files: /tmp/smart_start_sdb  /tmp/smart_finish_sdb
                    ATTRIBUTE   NEW_VAL OLD_VAL FAILURE_THRESHOLD STATUS      RAW_VALUE
          Temperature_Celsius =   187     200            0        ok          32
    No SMART attributes are FAILING_NOW
    
    0 sectors were pending re-allocation before the start of the preclear.
    0 sectors were pending re-allocation after pre-read in cycle 1 of 1.
    0 sectors were pending re-allocation after zero of disk in cycle 1 of 1.
    0 sectors are pending re-allocation at the end of the preclear,
        the number of sectors pending re-allocation did not change.
    0 sectors had been re-allocated before the start of the preclear.
    0 sectors are re-allocated at the end of the preclear,
        the number of sectors re-allocated did not change. 
    ============================================================================
    
    
    Disk: /dev/sdb
    smartctl 5.40 2010-10-16 r3189 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] (local build)
    Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
    
    === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
    Device Model:     Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632
    Serial Number:    
    Firmware Version: ML6OA5C0
    User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes
    Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
    ATA Version is:   8
    ATA Standard is:  ATA-8-ACS revision 4
    Local Time is:    Sat Mar 17 00:51:19 2012 Local time zone must be set--see zic m
    SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
    SMART support is: Enabled
    
    === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
    SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
    
    General SMART Values:
    Offline data collection status:  (0x84)	Offline data collection activity
    				was suspended by an interrupting command from host.
    				Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
    Self-test execution status:      (   0)	The previous self-test routine completed
    				without error or no self-test has ever 
    				been run.
    Total time to complete Offline 
    data collection: 		 (23136) seconds.
    Offline data collection
    capabilities: 			 (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
    				Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
    				Suspend Offline collection upon new
    				command.
    				Offline surface scan supported.
    				Self-test supported.
    				No Conveyance Self-test supported.
    				Selective Self-test supported.
    SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
    				power-saving mode.
    				Supports SMART auto save timer.
    Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
    				General Purpose Logging supported.
    Short self-test routine 
    recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.
    Extended self-test routine
    recommended polling time: 	 ( 255) minutes.
    SCT capabilities: 	       (0x003d)	SCT Status supported.
    				SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
    				SCT Feature Control supported.
    				SCT Data Table supported.
    
    SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
    Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
    ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
      1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000b   100   100   016    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
      2 Throughput_Performance  0x0005   100   100   054    Pre-fail  Offline      -       0
      3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0007   167   167   024    Pre-fail  Always       -       319 (Average 336)
      4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       28
      5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   005    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
      7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000b   100   100   067    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
      8 Seek_Time_Performance   0x0005   100   100   020    Pre-fail  Offline      -       0
      9 Power_On_Hours          0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       42
    10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   060    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
    12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       27
    192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       28
    193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       28
    194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0002   187   187   000    Old_age   Always       -       32 (Min/Max 24/37)
    196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
    197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0022   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
    198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0008   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
    199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x000a   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
    
    SMART Error Log Version: 1
    No Errors Logged
    
    SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
    No self-tests have been logged.  [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]
    
    
    SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
    SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
        1        0        0  Not_testing
        2        0        0  Not_testing
        3        0        0  Not_testing
        4        0        0  Not_testing
        5        0        0  Not_testing
    Selective self-test flags (0x0):
      After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
    If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
    

     

    Brand new Western Digital WD20EARS

    
    ========================================================================1.13
    == invoked as: ./preclear_disk.sh -A /dev/sda
    ==  WDC WD20EARS-00J99B0   
    == Disk /dev/sda has been successfully precleared
    == with a starting sector of 64 
    == Ran 1 cycle
    ==
    == Using :Read block size = 8225280 Bytes
    == Last Cycle's Pre Read Time  : 5:43:39 (97 MB/s)
    == Last Cycle's Zeroing time   : 5:50:26 (95 MB/s)
    == Last Cycle's Post Read Time : 13:17:01 (41 MB/s)
    == Last Cycle's Total Time     : 24:52:06
    ==
    == Total Elapsed Time 24:52:06
    ==
    == Disk Start Temperature: 24C
    ==
    == Current Disk Temperature: 32C, 
    ==
    ============================================================================
    ** Changed attributes in files: /tmp/smart_start_sda  /tmp/smart_finish_sda
                    ATTRIBUTE   NEW_VAL OLD_VAL FAILURE_THRESHOLD STATUS      RAW_VALUE
          Temperature_Celsius =   120     128            0        ok          32
    No SMART attributes are FAILING_NOW
    
    0 sectors were pending re-allocation before the start of the preclear.
    0 sectors were pending re-allocation after pre-read in cycle 1 of 1.
    0 sectors were pending re-allocation after zero of disk in cycle 1 of 1.
    0 sectors are pending re-allocation at the end of the preclear,
        the number of sectors pending re-allocation did not change.
    0 sectors had been re-allocated before the start of the preclear.
    0 sectors are re-allocated at the end of the preclear,
        the number of sectors re-allocated did not change. 
    ============================================================================
    
    Disk: /dev/sda
    smartctl 5.40 2010-10-16 r3189 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] (local build)
    Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
    
    === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
    Model Family:     Western Digital Caviar Green (Adv. Format) family
    Device Model:     WDC WD20EARS-00J99B0
    Serial Number:    
    Firmware Version: 80.00A80
    User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes
    Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
    ATA Version is:   8
    ATA Standard is:  Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
    Local Time is:    Sun Mar 18 18:59:06 2012 Local time zone must be set--see zic m
    SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
    SMART support is: Enabled
    
    === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
    SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
    
    General SMART Values:
    Offline data collection status:  (0x80)	Offline data collection activity
    				was never started.
    				Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
    Self-test execution status:      (   0)	The previous self-test routine completed
    				without error or no self-test has ever 
    				been run.
    Total time to complete Offline 
    data collection: 		 (34200) seconds.
    Offline data collection
    capabilities: 			 (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
    				Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
    				Suspend Offline collection upon new
    				command.
    				Offline surface scan supported.
    				Self-test supported.
    				Conveyance Self-test supported.
    				Selective Self-test supported.
    SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
    				power-saving mode.
    				Supports SMART auto save timer.
    Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
    				General Purpose Logging supported.
    Short self-test routine 
    recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
    Extended self-test routine
    recommended polling time: 	 ( 255) minutes.
    Conveyance self-test routine
    recommended polling time: 	 (   5) minutes.
    SCT capabilities: 	       (0x3035)	SCT Status supported.
    				SCT Feature Control supported.
    				SCT Data Table supported.
    
    SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
    Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
    ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
      1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x002f   200   200   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
      3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0027   166   155   021    Pre-fail  Always       -       8658
      4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       60
      5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   200   200   140    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
      7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x002e   100   253   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
      9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       29
    10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0032   100   253   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
    11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032   100   253   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
    12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       56
    192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       52
    193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       89
    194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   120   114   000    Old_age   Always       -       32
    196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
    197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
    198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0030   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
    199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
    200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0008   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
    
    SMART Error Log Version: 1
    No Errors Logged
    
    SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
    No self-tests have been logged.  [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]
    
    
    SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
    SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
        1        0        0  Not_testing
        2        0        0  Not_testing
        3        0        0  Not_testing
        4        0        0  Not_testing
        5        0        0  Not_testing
    Selective self-test flags (0x0):
      After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
    If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
    

  14. I grabbed a couple of Seagate GoFlex Desktop 3TB drives a while back.  I popped the case off of them and checked the serial on them via Seagates online tool and if I remember correctly there was a 3 year warranty on them.

    Popped open the case of my new 3tb freeagent goflex last night. Inside is a 3TB Seagate ST3000DM001.