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Based on the device path, smartctl will guess the device type (ATA or SCSI). If necessary, the '-d' option can be used to override this guess Note that the ...

This is typically an issue with the USB controller. Some of them are easy with smartctl others are not. You can try to specifiy the device type ...

OMV is issueing the smartctl command without the -d option. I need the -d option to explicitly state that the drives are SATA drives.

See '-r ataioctl' below for details. Based on the device path, smartctl will guess the device type (ATA or SCSI). If necessary, the '-d' option can be used ...

smartctl controls the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technol- ogy (SMART) system built into most ATA/SATA and SCSI/SAS hard drives and solid-state ...

smartctl controls the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) system built into most ATA/SATA and SCSI/SAS hard drives and solid-state drives ...

... smartctl with the -d option: -d TYPE, --device=TYPE Specify device type to one of: ata, scsi, sat[,N][+TYPE], usbcypress[,X], usbjmicron[,x][ ...

smartctl --scan is mostly name-based: ata looks for /dev/hd*, whereas /dev/sd* devices are detected as scsi. You'll get more reliable results with smartctl -- ...

You may need to specify a device type. For example, specifying --device=ata tells smartctl that the device type is ATA, and this prevents smartctl from issuing ...

/dev/da0p1: Unable to detect device type. Please specify device type with the -d option. Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary.