On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 06:19:46PM +0100, René Rebe wrote: > Hi all, > > due to some failing dics I got myself a JMicro USB<->ATA,SATA > cable for data recovery and co. > > However, I was quite suprised that the SMART (...) status querries > would not go thru. > > # smartctl -a /dev/sdb > smartctl version 5.37 [x86_64-t2-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen > Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ > > Device: SAMSUNG SP1654N Version: 0-37 > Device type: disk > Local Time is: Thu Feb 14 18:19:09 2008 CET > Device does not support SMART > > Error Counter logging not supported > Device does not support Self Test logging > > > As I do not know the underlying protocols off-hand, is that a driver / > sub-system limitation or not possible to get thru this USB mass > storage protocol?
It's a limitation of the particular USB/ATA bridge device you're using.
Matt
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