On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 07:15:29AM -0000, Pete Clarke wrote: > >For SATA, you need to add "-d ata" to the command line, i.e.: > > > ># smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sda > > bungo:~# smartctl -d ata /dev/sda > smartctl version 5.36 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen > Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ > > Not much info... So do smartctl -a -d ata /dev/sda Doug.