Scan SATA Hard Disk with smartctl

With smartmontools installed, you can now scan SATA hard disk with its smartctl. This section guides you on how to scan SATA hard disk.

To scan SATA disk, you will need to use the smartctl with switch on argument. The command is as follows:

$ smartctl --smart=on --device=ata --all /dev/<block>

Example:

$ smartctl --smart=on --device=ata --all /dev/sdb

That's all for scanning SATA hard disk.

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