On 6/6/22 22:17, Felix Miata wrote:
Bob Crochelt composed on 2022-06-06 17:02 (UTC-0700):Running updated Debian on a pretty old iMac. Seeing messages that complain about sda, only drive in the system:Old iMacs are hot running.190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 045 037 045 Old_age Always FAILING_NOW 55 (255 255 60 26 0) 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 055 063 000 Old_age Always - 55 (0 19 0 0 0)
Yikes!
Whether 55 is actually too hot for the drive really IMO should be checked with its manufacturer.
+1 Some of my drives report "Min/Max Temperature Limit": HGST -40/70 Celsius Maxtor 0/71 Celsius Samsung 0/70 Celsius Seagate 10/60 Celsius Toshiba 10/60 Celsius Western Digital -40/70 CelsiusDoes anyone know the SMART definition for "Min/Max Temperature Limit"? Notably -- is it operational temperature limits, or non-operational limits?
David