Hello. I successfully tested a USB 2.0 docking station for PATA/SATA hard disks with smartmontools. It's the Freecom Hard Drive Dock Pro (code 33708)
http://www.freecom.com/product/hard-drive-dock-pro-3.5-2.5-usb/pata/sat a-33708/ $ lsusb | grep JMicron Bus 001 Device 020: ID 152d:2338 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JM20337 Hi-Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge You need to add the -d usbjmicron option to smartctl for it to work correctly. I'm using smartmontools-6.5-1 on a Parabola GNU/Linux-libre system. Please add this docking station to https://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/S upported_USB-Devices Thanks. -- https://www.fturco.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Smartmontools-database mailing list Smartmontools-database@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/smartmontools-database