Package: smartmontools Version: 5.39.1+svn3124-2 Severity: wishlist I've successfully tested a Buffalo branded usb drive with smartctl and ran a test with it. Here are some identidiers for it. Let me know if you need anything else:
$ sudo smartctl /dev/sdb smartctl 5.40 2010-07-12 r3124 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net /dev/sdb: Unknown USB bridge [0x0411:0x0181 (0x104)] Smartctl: please specify device type with the -d option. Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary $ sudo smartctl -d sat -P show /dev/sdb smartctl 5.40 2010-07-12 r3124 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net No presets are defined for this drive. Its identity strings: MODEL: SAMSUNG HM250HI FIRMWARE: 2AC101C5 do not match any of the known regular expressions. Use -P showall to list all known regular expressions. -- Package-specific info: Output of /usr/share/bug/smartmontools: # CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL is not set -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages smartmontools depends on: ii debianutils 3.4.3 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.11.2-11 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcap-ng0 0.6.5-1 An alternate POSIX capabilities li ii libgcc1 1:4.4.5-10 GCC support library ii libselinux1 2.0.96-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries ii libstdc++6 4.4.5-10 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii lsb-base 3.2-27 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip Versions of packages smartmontools recommends: ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20100314cvs-1 simple mail user agent ii heirloom-mailx [ma 12.4-2 feature-rich BSD mail(1) Versions of packages smartmontools suggests: pn gsmartcontrol <none> (no description available) pn smart-notifier <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
