Re: [gentoo-user] smartctl and external hard drives

J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote:

> covici@××××××××××.com wrote:
>
> >I have a couple of external hard drives -- one is a 1.5t disk which has
> >failed and the other is a brand new Seagate 3t disk -- both in USB
> >enclosures one a Roseweil USB 3 and the other one a Startech USB 3.
> >When I run smartctl against them, the newer one gives a serial number
> >which Seagate says is not correct, and I get the message from both that
> >Smart is not supported.  I am running unstable with kernel
> >3.6.2-gentoo.
> >
> >
> >Anyone know what is going on here?
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >
> >--
> >Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> >How do
> >you spend it?
> >
> >         John Covici
> >         covici@××××××××××.com
>
> Unless the controller in the enclosure supports SMART, it won't work.
>
> If you can remove the drive from the enclosure. Connect it directly to your mainboard. It should work then on recent mainboards.

OK, thanks, I did not know that the enclosure itself had to support
smart.  I have never seen any information either way about any enclosure
and removing it and connecting internally is not an option -- I just
want to check periodically.

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