Re: [smartmontools-support] smartctl can't run

[Christian F. <Chr...@t-...>]

Tim Richert wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I installed smartctl for windows (native) but can't get it run.
>
> Perhaps you can tell me, what to do ;)
>
> I try to run it via
>
>  
>> smartctl -i hdb,1
>>    
> but i get this error
>
>  
>> Cannot open device \\.\PhysicalDrive1, Error=2
>> Smartctl open device: hdb,1 failed: No such file or directory
>>    
>
> It is a 3ware Raid with 2 harddrives.
>
> Do you have any idea what i can do?
>  

The (logical) drive 1 doesn't exists. The RAID "unit" likely appears
as drive 0 in Windows device manager.

Did you try "hda" or "hda,1" ?


Or use smartd to scan for available devices:

  echo DEVICESCAN | smartd -c - -q onecheck


Christian