On 1 September 2014 23:01, Sharon Kimble <boudic...@skimble.plus.com> wrote: > > Thanks both, unfortunately its a 3tb USB external hard drive, with > smartd installed and working, except, it doesn't work on external USB > drives!
On 2 September 2014 07:51, Gary Dale <garyd...@torfree.net> wrote: > > Of course smartctl works with external drives. That's the point of "Self > Monitoring And ReporTing". You may not be able to report on a drive that > isn't connected, but smartctl can certainly give you a report anytime that > it is connected. smartmontools.org writes quite a lot on this topic: http://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/FAQ#SmartmontoolsforFireWireUSBandSATAdiskssystems http://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/USB http://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAMPXz=pwDN4rnAaqxNzX5HU=nv2w6bqgcpmmdf7mqstrbaz...@mail.gmail.com
