id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc 237,0x0472:0x2053 Silicon Power 1TB external USB drive need -d sat by default,adamm,Christian Franke,"The drive is not recognized by default, but by adding -d sat, it works. http://www.silicon-power.com/product/product_detail.php?main=19&sub=58&pro=132&currlang=utf8&frist_menu=2 {{{ sudo smartctl -i /dev/sdj smartctl 5.43 2012-06-05 r3561 [x86_64-linux-3.4-trunk-amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net /dev/sdj: Unsupported USB bridge [0x174c:0x55aa (0x100)] Smartctl: please specify device type with the -d option. Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary adamm@mira:~$ lsusb -d 174c: Bus 001 Device 020: ID 174c:55aa ASMedia Technology Inc. $ sudo smartctl -d sat -i /dev/sdj smartctl 5.43 2012-06-05 r3561 [x86_64-linux-3.4-trunk-amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB Serial Number: S2S6J9CC803467 LU WWN Device Id: 5 0004cf 2081b8c0a Firmware Version: 2AR10001 User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 6 Local Time is: Wed Aug 29 14:08:52 2012 CDT SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled }}}",enhancement,closed,trivial,Release 6.0,drivedb,5.43,worksforme,,