Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
I can run smartctl on a SATA disk:
smartctl -d ata -A -v 194,unknown /dev/sda
but when I run it on a USB disk:
smartctl -d ata -A -v 194,unknown /dev/sdb
I get:
Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed (not an ATA/ATAPI device)
But it *is* an ATA disk.
Anybody?
Bad news, to be found on smartctl's homepage
http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/#testinghelp
Johannes
Thanks Johannes, that's the bad news alright :-(
Hugo
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