error in bootup ( smartd)

[sangfroid]

Hi,
I am installing RH Enterprise Ed. V4, in my PowerEdge 1855 Dell machine. However during startup, it is giving some error message related to smartd. Do you have any idea how to solve this out ?

Oct 19 15:02:22 Blade smartd[2918]: smartd version 5.33 [i386-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen
Oct 19 15:02:22 Blade kernel: NX (Execute Disable) protection: active
Oct 19 15:02:22 Blade smartd[2918]: Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
Oct 19 15:02:22 Blade smartd[2918]: Opened configuration file /etc/smartd.conf
Oct 19 15:02:22 Blade smartd[2918]: Configuration file /etc/smartd.conf parsed.
Oct 19 15:02:22 Blade smartd[2918]: Device: /dev/sda, opened
Oct 19 15:02:22 Blade smartd[2918]: Device: /dev/sda, Bad IEC (SMART) mode page, err=-5, skip device
Oct 19 15:02:22 Blade kernel: DMI 2.3 present.
Oct 19 15:02:22 Blade smartd[2918]: Unable to register SCSI device /dev/sda at line 1 of file /etc/smartd.conf
Oct 19 15:02:22 Blade kernel: Using APIC driver default
Oct 19 15:02:22 Blade smartd[2918]: Unable to register device /dev/sda (no Directive -d removable). Exiting.
Oct 19 15:02:22 Blade smartd: smartd startup failed
Oct 19 15:02:23 Blade kernel: ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x808
Oct 19 15:02:23 Blade kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
Oct 19 15:02:23 Blade kernel: Processor #0 15:4 APIC version 20
Oct 19 15:02:23 Blade kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x06] enabled)
Oct 19 15:02:23 Blade kernel: Processor #6 15:4 APIC version 20
Oct 19 15:02:23 Blade kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
Oct 19 15:02:23 Blade kernel: Processor #1 15:4 APIC version 20
Oct 19 15:02:23 Blade kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x04] lapic_id[0x07] enabled)
Oct 19 15:02:23 Blade kernel: Processor #7 15:4 APIC version 20


Thank you

[wdgiles]

Have you tried using the "Interactive" startup feature where it prompts to start each service? I think you press "i" at the initial startup screen where it says "red hat enterprise linux" at the top but before it begins listing all those green "OK"'s. Disable the smartd service on startup and see what happens. If it boots successfully, the first thing I'd do is get any data you want to keep off of that hardware.

[sangfroid]

well that is not the real solution....

[stanjam]

is smartd enabled in your bios?

[wdgiles]

Have you tried anything I suggested? What was the result if smartd was disabled did the machine boot normally?