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Also check your smartd config file (assuming one exists even) and see that as mentioned by Brian1 there is not some option that your hardware doesn't support.

You can also use the HDPARM tool to verify if/that your HD's you are trying to use smartd on actually support SMART capability-- like so:

Code:

root@darkstarSSI:/home/Sasha# hdparm -I /dev/hda



/dev/hda:



ATA device, with non-removable media

        Model Number:      ST3320620A

        Serial Number:      9QF3EZQ3

        Firmware Revision:  3.AAE

Standards:

        Supported: 7 6 5 4

        Likely used: 7

Configuration:

        Logical        max    current

        cylinders      16383  65535

        heads          16      1

        sectors/track  63      63

        --

        CHS current addressable sectors:    4128705

        LBA    user addressable sectors:  268435455

        LBA48  user addressable sectors:  625142448

        device size with M = 1024*1024:      305245 MBytes

        device size with M = 1000*1000:      320072 MBytes (320 GB)

Capabilities:

        LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)

        Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum

        R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16  Current = 16

        Recommended acoustic management value: 208, current value: 0

        DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5

            Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns

        PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4

            Cycle time: no flow control=240ns  IORDY flow control=120ns

Commands/features:

        Enabled Supported:

          *    SMART feature set

                Security Mode feature set

          *    Power Management feature set

          *    Write cache

          *    Look-ahead

          *    Host Protected Area feature set

          *    WRITE_BUFFER command

          *    READ_BUFFER command

          *    DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE

                SET_MAX security extension

          *    48-bit Address feature set

          *    Device Configuration Overlay feature set

          *    Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE

          *    FLUSH_CACHE_EXT

          *    SMART error logging

          *    SMART self-test

          *    General Purpose Logging feature set

Security:

        Master password revision code = 65534

                supported

        not    enabled

        not    locked

                frozen

        not    expired: security count

        not    supported: enhanced erase

HW reset results:

        CBLID- above Vih

        Device num = 0 determined by the jumper

Checksum: correct

..you can see under the 'commands/features' section various entries that pertain to SMART technology.