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[user@myhost ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu --noprogressbar
:: Synchronizing package databases...
downloading core.db...
downloading extra.db...
downloading community.db...
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (28): filesystem-2012.2-2 gnutls-3.0.13-2 gsm-1.0.13-7 keepassx-0.4.3-2 libid3tag-0.15.1b-7

[user@myhost ~]$ sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda; sudo pacman -Syu --noprogressbar
smartctl 5.42 2011-10-20 r3458 [i686-linux-3.2.2-1-ARCH] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
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   117   112   050    Pre-fail  Always       -       0/160014844

[user@myhost ~]$ sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda; sudo pacman -Syu --noprogressbar
smartctl 5.42 2011-10-20 r3458 [i686-linux-3.2.1-2-ARCH] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
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   117   112   050    Pre-fail  Always       -       0/148007267

[user@myhost ~]$ sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda; sudo pacman -Syu --noprogressbar
smartctl 5.42 2011-10-20 r3458 [i686-linux-3.1.7-1-ARCH] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
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 117 112 050 Pre-fail Always - 0/151833454

[user@myhost ~]$ sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda; sudo pacman -Syu --noprogressbar
smartctl 5.42 2011-10-20 r3458 [i686-linux-3.1.5-1-ARCH] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
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 118 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0/176668892

[user@myhost ~]$ sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda; sudo pacman -Syu --noprogressbar
smartctl 5.42 2011-10-20 r3458 [i686-linux-3.1.5-1-ARCH] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
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 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0/3200275

[user@myhost ~]$ sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda; sudo pacman -Syu --noprogressbar
smartctl 5.42 2011-10-20 r3458 [i686-linux-3.1.3-1-ARCH] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
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 120 120 050 Pre-fail Always - 0/0

[user@myhost ~]$ sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda; sudo pacman -Syu --noprogressbar
smartctl 5.42 2011-10-20 r3458 [i686-linux-3.1.1-1-ARCH] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
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 108 108 050 Pre-fail Always - 0/19293993

[user@myhost ~]$ sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda; sudo pacman -Syu --noprogressbar
Password:
smartctl 5.42 2011-10-20 r3458 [i686-linux-3.0-ARCH] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
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 115 115 050 Pre-fail Always - 0/111004889

[user@myhost ~]$ sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda; sudo pacman -Syu --noprogressbar
smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [i686-linux-3.0-ARCH] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
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 110 110 050 Pre-fail Always - 0/28655032