This now works - the machine is running 7.10 currently. smartmontools from 7.10 may need to be in 7.4 as well to achieve hardware support for new drives.
Nicolai ** Changed in: smartmontools (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- smartmontools fails to recognize ATA standard of newish disk https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179435 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs