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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