Re: SMART over USB - problem

[Robert Hancock]

art wrote:
> works on SCSI/IDE why not on IDE over USB/IEEE1394/iSCSI/SAN... ???
>
> is the problem in my external usb box or in linux usb/scsi stack ???

The USB interface chip in the enclosure implements a purely USB mass 
storage interface. The system knows nothing about whether the hard drive 
in the enclosure is IDE, SCSI or whatever. I don't think there is any 
standardized way to get SMART data out of a USB storage device.

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