freebsd-ports/sysutils/smartmontools/pkg-message
Volker Stolz 3fb406a3bd As of FreeBSD 6.x, the full path to the device is required. This is backwards
compatible with behaviour on 5.x.

Approved by: maintainer
2006-03-15 08:16:30 +00:00

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smartmontools has been installed
To check the status of drives, use the following:
${PREFIX}/sbin/smartctl -a /dev/ad0 for first ATA drive
${PREFIX}/sbin/smartctl -a /dev/da0 for first SCSI drive
To enable monitor of drives, you can use ${PREFIX}/sbin/smartd
A sample configuration file has been installed as ${PREFIX}/etc/smartd.conf.sample
Copy this file to ${PREFIX}/etc/smartd.conf and edit appropriately
To have smartd start at boot
echo 'smartd_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf