Dave Plater composed on 2017-09-09 06:26 (UTC+0200):
Carlos E. R. wrote:
You can get the progress info by running "smartctl -a /dev/sdb", one line in all that text says the percent of the test done. There is another option that gives shorter info but I don't remember it.
Both "smartctl -c" and "smartctl -l selftest" give progress information for the self test. New WD Purple WD20PURX replacement arrived several hours ago. https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=19359 I don't see any evidence of (42.3) progress info:
# smartctl --test=long /dev/sdb smartctl 6.5 2016-05-07 r4318 [x86_64-linux-4.4.87-25-default] (SUSE RPM) Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION === Sending command: "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode". Drive command "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode" successful. Testing has begun. Please wait 276 minutes for test to complete. Test will complete after Wed Sep 27 04:47:35 2017 Use smartctl -X to abort test. # smartctl -X /dev/sdb smartctl 6.5 2016-05-07 r4318 [x86_64-linux-4.4.87-25-default] (SUSE RPM) Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION === Sending command: "Abort SMART off-line mode self-test routine". Self-testing aborted! # smartctl --test=long -l selftest /dev/sdb smartctl 6.5 2016-05-07 r4318 [x86_64-linux-4.4.87-25-default] (SUSE RPM) Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline Aborted by host 90% 1 - === START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION === Sending command: "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode". Drive command "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode" successful. Testing has begun. Please wait 276 minutes for test to complete. Test will complete after Wed Sep 27 04:56:03 2017 Use smartctl -X to abort test. # date Wed Sep 27 00:20:55 EDT 2017 -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org