[smartmontools-support] I can't complete the long test

[Carlos E. R.]

On 07/05/2021 11.40, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 07/05/2021 07.10, Nathan Stratton Treadway wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 11:56:34 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>> I have another identical disk and it suffers the same problem. But
>>> other two external disk, half the size, don't exhibit the problem.
>>>
>>> It says "aborted by host". How, why? What can I do to impede this
>>> abortion? The machine runs 24/7 and that disk is currently not mounted.
>>
>> Note that in this context (a message worded from the SATA drive's point
>> of view), "host" is not your computer but rather the SATA controller
>> built in to the USB enclosure.
> 
> Ah.
> 
>>
>> Some enclosures have an automatic inactivity timeout hard-coded into
>> their firmware, separate from any Linux-level timeout -- and since no
>> traffic is passing between the computer and the drive while the
>> self-test is underway, that period of time gets considered "inactive" by
>> the firmware and it proceeds to suspend the drive, mid-test.
> 
> Ah... Matches.

It also matches that these two enclosure were bought complete, ie, a box 
with a disk inside, ready made, while the other enclosures I bought both 
the box and the disk separately and I assembled the thing.


-- 
Cheers / Saludos,

		Carlos E. R.
		(from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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