On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 11:26:24AM +0200, Kees Plonsz wrote: > FreeBSD Daemon wrote on Tuesday 19 April 2005 10:34 in the group > list.freebsd.questions: > > > dear list, > > > > i just installed smartmonutils from ports on a 4.11-release box. > > > > when i run > > > > # /usr/local/sbin/smartctl -a ad0 > > > > I get the error message > > > > smartctl version 5.30 Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen > > [snip] > > Smartctl open device: ad0 failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > > > the same with the second disk in the system (ad2). > > the same if i user /dev/ad[02]+. > > > > what might be the problem? > > > > TIA > > > > S.M.A.R.T. must be supported by your hardware (disk & diskcontroller) > and be enabled through your bios setup. > smartctl must be run by root. > and moreover, it must be supported by ATAng which presented only in 5.x branch
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