smartmontools.lha utility/hardware - Comments

tekmage (67.169.93.99) @ 29 Dec 2013, 06:13.10

Sun, 29 Dec 2013 06:13:10 +0100

By: tekmage (67.169.93.99)

Any one up for updating this?  It would be great to see it understand SSD's and newer disks

Varthall (151.65.8.183) @ 23 May 2009, 12:24.18

Sat, 23 May 2009 12:24:18 +0200

By: Varthall (151.65.8.183)

A useful guide on interpreting the output: 
 
http://prefetch.net/articles/diskdrives.smart.html

Varthall (151.65.8.183) @ 23 May 2009, 12:14.12

Sat, 23 May 2009 12:14:12 +0200

By: Varthall (151.65.8.183)

At first I couldn't find the correct syntax to launch it, until I noticed some examples when launhing it with a wrong syntax. I'll copy them here for reference: 
 
smartctl -a a1ide.device:0 
(Prints all SMART information) 
smartctl -s on -o on -S on a1ide.device:0 
(Enables SMART on first disk) 
smartctl -t long a1ide.device:0 
(Executes extended disk self-test) 
smartctl -A -l selftest -q errorsonly a1ide.device:0 
(Prints Self-Test & Attribute errors)