Miscellany

smartctl -a /dev/hdb
smartctl version 5.33 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen
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Warning! Drive Identity Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     ST320414A
Serial Number:    3EC0SK7K
Firmware Version: 3.28
User Capacity:    20,003,618,816 bytes
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   4
ATA Standard is:  Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is:    Wed Feb 13 15:03:36 2008 EET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Disabled

SMART Disabled. Use option -s with argument 'on' to enable it.
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hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
ide: failed opcode was: 0xb0
hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
ide: failed opcode was: 0xb0
hdb: task_in_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: task_in_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
hdb: task_in_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: task_in_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
hdb: task_in_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: task_in_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
hdb: task_in_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: task_in_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
ide0: reset: success