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Got a suggestion to use an approximation method of ( badblocks -n -v
/dev/HDD_DEVICE ) / total blocks on disk.  Good at least for deciding
which of the set of similar disks is more usable if SMART isn't
supported.

Craig

On 8/3/06, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org <xcssa-admin@xcssa.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 August 2006 09:38 pm, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> > Sigh, looking at the smartctl homepage, smartclt can not access
> > FireWire, USB, and some SATA disks/systems as the SMART feature is an
> > unsupported extra.
>
>
> Then the easiest way would still seem to be a laptop booting off CD or USB
> drive and using the PATA drive cable (with 3.5" adapter if needed) to do your
> tests...

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