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Thanks guys

Can I run preclear on a new drive, while not taking the array off-line? Or is it best to take the array off-line and let preclear run?

If you pre-cleared it already, and it was not yet assigned to the array, and you pre-cleared it without a jumper, you can use: preclear_disk.sh -C 64 /dev/sdX (where sdX = your disks's device) It will convert the pre-clear signature to use a starting sector of 64. It only takes a few seconds. It will only convert if it is currently "precleared" and you did not change the jumper setting since you cleared it. If not, use the "-A" option and run it through another cycle. Joe L. Okay. I'll do that. Thanks again for all the help.

Thanks Joe. That's what I thought. That's the 2nd of the 3 drives I got from Newegg I'll have to RMA. The other drive turned out perfect. Should I bother doing another preclear on the good drive, and this time use the "-A" option since I'm not jumpering it? Thanks again.

Jan 25 04:40:01 Tower syslogd 1.4.1: restart. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: smartctl 5.39.1 2010-01-28 r3054 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] (local build) Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Device Model: WDC WD20EARS-00S8B1 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Serial Number: WD-WCAVY5659496 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Firmware Version: 80.00A80 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: User Capacity: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ATA Version is: 8 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Local Time is: Tue Jan 25 06:14:29 2011 EST Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SMART support is: Enabled Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: FAILED! Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Drive failure expected in less than 24 hours. SAVE ALL DATA. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: See vendor-specific Attribute list for failed Attributes. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: General SMART Values: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Offline data collection status: (0x80)^IOffline data collection activity Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^Iwas never started. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^IAuto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Self-test execution status: ( 0)^IThe previous self-test routine completed Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^Iwithout error or no self-test has ever Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^Ibeen run. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Total time to complete Offline Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: data collection: ^I^I (41880) seconds. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Offline data collection Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: capabilities: ^I^I^I (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^IAuto Offline data collection on/off support. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^ISuspend Offline collection upon new Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^Icommand. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^IOffline surface scan supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^ISelf-test supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^IConveyance Self-test supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^ISelective Self-test supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SMART capabilities: (0x0003)^ISaves SMART data before entering Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^Ipower-saving mode. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^ISupports SMART auto save timer. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Error logging capability: (0x01)^IError logging supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^IGeneral Purpose Logging supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Short self-test routine Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: recommended polling time: ^I ( 2) minutes. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Extended self-test routine Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: recommended polling time: ^I ( 255) minutes. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Conveyance self-test routine Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: recommended polling time: ^I ( 5) minutes. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SCT capabilities: ^I (0x3031)^ISCT Status supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^ISCT Feature Control supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^ISCT Data Table supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 131 111 051 Pre-fail Always - 5388 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 181 154 021 Pre-fail Always - 7925 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 16 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 050 050 140 Pre-fail Always FAILING_NOW 1195 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 58 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 12 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 8 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 82 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 196 196 000 Old_age Always - 4 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 70 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SMART Error Log Version: 1 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: No Errors Logged Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 1 0 0 Not_testing Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 2 0 0 Not_testing Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 3 0 0 Not_testing Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 4 0 0 Not_testing Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 5 0 0 Not_testing Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Selective self-test flags (0x0): Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: ============================================================================ Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Disk /dev/sdb has been successfully precleared Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == with a starting sector of 63 Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Ran 1 preclear-disk cycle Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Using :Read block size = 8225280 Bytes Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Last Cycle's Pre Read Time : 12:35:36 (44 MB/s) Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Last Cycle's Zeroing time : 16:02:30 (34 MB/s) Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Last Cycle's Post Read Time : 25:45:09 (21 MB/s) Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Last Cycle's Total Time : 54:24:22 Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Total Elapsed Time 54:24:22 Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Disk Start Temperature: 25C Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Current Disk Temperature: 26C, Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: ============================================================================ Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: ** Changed attributes in files: /tmp/smart_start_sdb /tmp/smart_finish_sdb Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: ATTRIBUTE NEW_VAL OLD_VAL FAILURE_THRESHOLD STATUS RAW_VALUE Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: Raw_Read_Error_Rate = 131 200 51 ok 5388 Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: Reallocated_Sector_Ct = 50 200 140 FAILING_NOW 1195 Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: Reallocated_Event_Count = 196 200 0 ok 4 Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: *** Failing SMART Attributes in /tmp/smart_finish_sdb *** Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 050 050 140 Pre-fail Always FAILING_NOW 1195 Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: 0 sectors were pending re-allocation before the start of the preclear. Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: 70 sectors are pending re-allocation at the end of the preclear, Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: a change of 70 in the number of sectors pending re-allocation. Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: 0 sectors had been re-allocated before the start of the preclear. Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: 1195 sectors are re-allocated at the end of the preclear, Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: a change of 1195 in the number of sectors re-allocated. Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: SMART overall-health status = FAILED! Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: ============================================================================ Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: Jan 25 07:40:35 Tower dhcpcd[1166]: sending DHCP_REQUEST for 192.168.1.113 to 192.168.1.1 Jan 25 07:40:35 Tower dhcpcd[1166]: dhcpIPaddrLeaseTime=86400 in DHCP server response. Jan 25 07:40:35 Tower dhcpcd[1166]: DHCP_ACK received from (192.168.1.1) Jan 25 19:40:35 Tower dhcpcd[1166]: sending DHCP_REQUEST for 192.168.1.113 to 192.168.1.1 Jan 25 19:40:35 Tower dhcpcd[1166]: dhcpIPaddrLeaseTime=86400 in DHCP server response. Jan 25 19:40:35 Tower dhcpcd[1166]: DHCP_ACK received from (192.168.1.1) I precleared 2 of my WD 2TB EARS drives. 1st one precleared with no errors, but the second one reported that it failed SMART after preclearing. In looking at the log, I'm assuming the "Reallocated_Sector_Ct" is not a good sign. I didn't jumper these drives, but failed to use the "-A" when running preclear. Should I try running preclear on this drive again, or just go ahead and plan on RMA'ing it. Also, will it matter if I didn't use the "-A" option and not jumper the drives?