id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc 131,Recognize Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex USB interface (0bc2:5021),jmehnle,Christian Franke,"I just bought a new Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB USB disk drive. smartmontools don't recognize it, although it seems to work nicely when the device type is explicitly specified: {{{ $ sudo smartctl -i /dev/sdc smartctl 5.40 2010-07-12 r3124 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net /dev/sdc: Unknown USB bridge [0x0bc2:0x5021 (0x148)] Smartctl: please specify device type with the -d option. Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary $ lsusb | grep 5021 Bus 002 Device 036: ID 0bc2:5021 Seagate RSS LLC $ sudo smartctl -i -d sat /dev/sdc smartctl 5.40 2010-07-12 r3124 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: ST1000LM002-9VQ14L Serial Number: Z0506D9H Firmware Version: CC94 User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is: Tue Dec 21 00:14:48 2010 UTC SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled }}} ",enhancement,closed,minor,Release 5.41,drivedb,5.40,fixed,,