Re: smartctl on an USB disk

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
> Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > I can run smartctl on a SATA disk:
> >
> > smartctl -d ata -A -v 194,unknown /dev/sda
> >
> > but when I run it on a USB disk:
> >
> > smartctl -d ata -A -v 194,unknown /dev/sdb
> >
> > I get:
> >
> > Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed (not an ATA/ATAPI device)
> >
> > But it *is* an ATA disk.
> >
> > Anybody?
>
> Bad news, to be found on smartctl's homepage
> http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/#testinghelp
>
> Johannes

Thanks Johannes, that's the bad news alright :-(

Hugo