Richard Flint wrote: > > Hi, > > My external Western Digital USB2.0 "Elements" model WD5000E035 > (containing a WD5000AAVS drive) is missing from the database and I > would like to get it added. I testedthis with the latest version of > Smartmontools. > > smartctl 5.39 2009-02-16 19:57 [i686-pc-mingw32-xp-sp3] (local build) > > I don't know if this is related to it being missing from the database > but when i run it without the -dsat parameters I receive: > > /dev/sdc: Unable to detect device type > Smartctl: please specify device type with the -d option. >
This is unrelated to the database: http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/faq.html#FAQ-database The current version cannot auto-detect SAT capable USB bridges, so '-d sat' is needed. > Running with -dsat causes smartmontools to work fine. I have attached > log file for you so you can add drive to database. > Thanks for the info, it will be added to the drive database soon. I have added the USB drive model to the list of supported USB devices in our Wiki: http://smartmontools.wiki.sourceforge.net/overview_USB-Support Could you provide info about the USB bridge chip used? > Please note I starred out the drive serial number for privacy reasons. > No problem. You can also use the '-q noserial' option to suppress serial number in both '-i' output and '-r ioctl,2' identify data hexdump. Regards, Christian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Smartmontools-database mailing list Smartmontools-database@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/smartmontools-database
