>>> smartctl -a /dev/sda | head >> >> I try your command there, and it returns 'command not found' >> .. What am I missing here? > > Looks like in Ubuntu 8.04 and RHEL5, it's in the smartmontools > package. In RHEL4, it looks like it's in the kernel-utils > package. Too lazy to look on my Fedora box, sorry. It doesn't > look like it's part of a base install on any of those though.
It's sysutils/smartmontools on FreeBSD. Which, in combination with the naming on Ubuntu and RHEL5, leads me to suspect that the package will be named "smartmontools" more often than not. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
