shorttest crash

[Konrad Mader]

Hi,

if I try a short test the HDD switched off until a new power off/on.

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   address@hidden smartctl -t short /dev/sda -d ata
   smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce
   Allen
   Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

   === 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 1 minutes for test to complete.
   Test will complete after Tue Sep 23 09:05:36 2008

   Use smartctl -X to abort test.
   address@hidden date

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'smartctl -a /dev/sda -d ata'  show the following:
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   smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce
   Allen
   Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

   === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
   Device Model:     ST3750330NS
   Serial Number:    9QK15775
   Firmware Version: SN05
   User Capacity:    750,155,292,160 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:    Tue Sep 23 09:25:51 2008 CEST
   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:  (0x82) Offline data collection activity
                                           was completed without error.
                                           Auto Offline Data
   Collection: Enabled.
   Self-test execution status:      (  41) The self-test routine was
   interrupted
                                           by the host with a hard or
   soft reset.
   Total time to complete Offline
   data collection:                 ( 625) 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:        (   1) minutes.
   Extended self-test routine
   recommended polling time:        ( 168) minutes.
   Conveyance self-test routine
   recommended polling time:        (   2) minutes.
   SCT capabilities:              (0x003d) SCT Status 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   077   064   044    Pre-fail 
   Always       -       51887337
     3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   099   096   000    Pre-fail 
   Always       -       0
     4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age  
   Always       -       23
     5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   036    Pre-fail 
   Always       -       1
     7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   060   060   030    Pre-fail 
   Always       -       1092352
     9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age  
   Always       -       58
    10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   097    Pre-fail 
   Always       -       0
    12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   037   020    Old_age  
   Always       -       23
   184 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   099    Old_age  
   Always       -       0
   187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age  
   Always       -       0
   188 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   099   000    Old_age  
   Always       -       1
   189 High_Fly_Writes         0x003a   100   100   000    Old_age  
   Always       -       0
   190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   068   058   045    Old_age  
   Always       -       32 (Lifetime Min/Max 32/32)
   194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   032   042   000    Old_age  
   Always       -       32 (0 16 0 0)
   195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   034   025   000    Old_age  
   Always       -       51887337
   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

   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       Interrupted (host reset)      00%       
   58         -
   # 2  Short offline       Interrupted (host reset)      00%       
   57         -
   # 3  Short offline       Interrupted (host reset)      00%       
   38         -
   # 4  Extended offline    Interrupted (host reset)      00%       
   33         -
   # 5  Short offline       Completed without error       00%        
   0         -
   # 6  Short offline       Interrupted (host reset)      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.

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My questions:
1) is it a bug?
2) what can I do?
3) by the way: is my HDD OK (Seek Error Rate)?

Best Regards!
Konrad