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