[SATLUG] SMART error (CurrentPendingSector) detected on host

[Samuel Leon]

Sean Carolan wrote:
> This is the first time I've ever gotten one of these.  I was wondering
> if I would ever hear from smartd in this lifetime:
>
>   
>> The following warning/error was logged by the smartd daemon:
>>
>> Device: /dev/hdb, 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
>>
>> For details see host's SYSLOG (default: /var/log/messages).
>>
>> You can also use the smartctl utility for further investigation.
>> No additional email messages about this problem will be sent.
>>     
>
> So I ran smartctl:
>
> [scarolan at computer ~]$ sudo smartctl -H /dev/hdb
> smartctl version 5.36 [i686-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen
> Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
>
> === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
> SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
>
> Is there anything to be concerned about here?
>   

What is the output of smartctl -a /dev/xxx ?

Sam