Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
Sorry...forgot to mention this is on Etch, all packages latest.
j
On Friday 18 August 2006 12:42, Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
I tried to use smartmontools on a new Dell EM64T system we have here:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/hdtest# uname -a
Linux xxxxx 2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp #1 SMP Sun Jul 16 02:14:40 CEST 2006
x86_64 GNU/Linux
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/hdtest# smartctl -a /dev/sda
smartctl version 5.36 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce
Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
Device: ATA WDC WD800JD-75MS Version: 10.0
In Linux, SATA disks accessed via libata are only supported by
smartmontools for kernel versions 2.6.15 and above. Try an additional '-d
ata' argument.
I'm running 2.6.16, so the message about 2.6.15 and later seems in error.
Did I miss something in the release notes, or do I need to open a bug?
The command *does* work with -d ata, as suggested.
j
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I think you may be misunderstanding the message. AFAIK SATA disks were
not supported at all by smartmontools prior to 2.6.15. They are now
supported by libata only if you trick smartmontools into thinking its an
ATA disk by using the '-d ata' option.
HTH
Wackojacko
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