From: Linux U. #3. <lin...@gm...> - 2009-03-23 19:23:12
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Hi! I tried smartctl with my new Western Digital Elements 500GB USB2.0 drive and I get this error: # smartctl -a -d sat /dev/sdb smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: WDC WD5000BEVT-11ZAT0 Serial Number: WD-************ Firmware Version: 01.01A01 User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated Local Time is: Mon Mar 23 20:08:34 2009 CET SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled Error SMART Status command failed Please get assistance from http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Values from ATA Return Descriptor are: 00 09 0c 00 00 50 00 00 00 c2 4f 00 00 00 00 A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options. Maybe this helps too: #lsusb -v Bus 004 Device 007: ID 1058:1010 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x1058 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. idProduct 0x1010 bcdDevice 1.05 iManufacturer 1 Western Digital iProduct 2 External HDD iSerial 3 ************************ bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 32 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xc0 Self Powered MaxPower 2mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 2 bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip) iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Device Qualifier (for other device speed): bLength 10 bDescriptorType 6 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 bNumConfigurations 1 Device Status: 0x0001 Self Powered Cheers, Andreas aka Linux User #330250 ------------------------- Gentoo Linux 2008.0 IBM ThinkPad R51 1830-DG4 Intel Pentium-M 1.7GHz 2GB RAM PC-2700 250GB PATA HDD ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 32MB VRAM ------------------------- |