On 20100411_002510, Celejar wrote: > On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:06:06 -0600 > Paul E Condon <pecon...@mesanetworks.net> wrote: > > ... > > > I got a little less timid and tried running smartctl even though I was > > quite unsure of what to expect. It ran. Each of the three USB HD gave > > somewhat different output, but none gave output that claimed there was > > a working SMART on the drive. These drives are Western Digital (WD). > > The WD web site mentions SMART and also uses the words Smart Drive to > > mean something else that is a proprietary marketing thing, AFAICT. I > > was unable to find a list of part #s for drives that support S.M.A.R.T. > > > > I think I should be in the market for a better class of drives, but not > > this weekend. Thanks for the help. > > My understanding is that S.M.A.R.T. doesn't generally work over USB. > As Wikipedia puts it: > > For example, few external drives connected via USB and Firewire > correctly send S.M.A.R.T. data over those interfaces. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.#Standards_and_implementation > > Celejar
So, the fact that my WD drives don't play well with S.M.A.R.T doesn't make them special, and I should not spend much, if any, time looking for a USB solution. What other options are there for external HD? -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100411044157.gd10...@big.lan.gnu
