Re: [smartmontools-support] Toshiba PX1270E-1G16

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

Jos van den Oever wrote:
> I used the svn version of smartctl on my external 2.5" hard disk  (Toshiba
> PX1270E-1G16). This device has ID 0930:0b03.
>
> smartctl --all -d usbsunplus /dev/sdb
>
> works on this drive. The output is attached to this mail.
>
>    

Added to Wiki and USB ID table. Should now work without '-d usbsunplus'.

Could you please test whether 48-bit ATA commands work with this drive:

# smartctl -xall /dev/sdb


> smartctl -d usbsunplus -s on -o on -S on /dev/sdb
> smartctl 5.40 2009-12-19 r3006 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] (local build)
> Copyright (C) 2002-9 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
>
> === START OF ENABLE/DISABLE COMMANDS SECTION ===
> SMART Enabled.
> SMART Attribute Autosave Enabled.
> Error SMART Enable Automatic Offline failed: Input/output error
> Smartctl: SMART Enable Automatic Offline Failed.
>    

Automatic Offline Testing is likely unsupported. It is an optional 
feature only defined in the original SMART standard. It was not part of 
ATA-3 and was defined obsolete in ATA-4.

Thanks,
Christian