On 2013-08-25, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote: > > I see no difference in "hdparm -i /dev/sdb" versus "hdparm -i /dev/sdX". > What did you mean to say there? Maybe he saw 'hdparm -l' from eye fatigue (which interrogates the drive directly rather than the kernel). > I believe that smartctl and hdparm are basically independent programs You do, do you?