On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 07:34:00AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed (not an ATA/ATAPI device) > But it *is* an ATA disk.
I'd be interested in a solution for this, too. Yes, it's an ATA disk, but the -d thing only works in the SATA case for drivers supporting "ATA pass-through". I think that's only the libata set of drivers. So what you need is to find out what lower-level driver the USB disk is using (It'll be usb-storage), and see if ATA pass-through support is likely to be implemented there. Initial searches suggest the likelyhood is slim. See e.g. <http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/5/24/239>. Yours, -- Jon Dowland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
