On Sat,11.Oct.08, 05:59:18, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote: >> On Fri,10.Oct.08, 21:19:13, Michal R. Hoffmann wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have a WD external USB harddrive which I use for backups. How can I >>> check the drive? Is it possible to use S.M.A.R.T (is it supported on USB >>> drives)? As it is my backup drive I'd prefer to know if something's going >>> wrong. >>> >>> The drive is encrypted with luks, automounted by hal. I use Debian sid, >>> Gnome. >> >> S.M.A.R.T. doesn't work on my external drive. Try the docs from >> smartmontools, they have some information about this. > > Is it a SATA drive? It's connected to the computer via USB, same as OP's. I don't know how I could tell what it uses internally, but I doubt it matters because AFAICT it's a limitation of the USB interface. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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