Linux: Use a command terminal, such as xterm or konsole.
Windows: Start > Run, type cmd.exe and press Enter for the command prompt.
Get SMART information for your SATA hard drives (SATA devices using libata). Use "/dev/sda[b-t]" for any additional SATA hard drives (SATA devices using libata). Notable "Attributes" to keep an eye on are Scan errors, Reallocation counts, Offline reallocation counts and Probational counts.
Requires smartmontools be installed:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux and rebuilds: yum install smartmontools
Ubuntu and Debian: apt-get smartmontools
Get SMART information for your IDE/ATA hard drives. Use "/dev/hda[b-t]" for any additional IDE/ATA devices. Notable "Attributes" to keep an eye on are Scan errors, Reallocation counts, Offline reallocation counts and Probational counts.
Requires smartmontools be installed:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux and rebuilds: yum install smartmontools
Ubuntu and Debian: apt-get smartmontools
