How To check HDD SMART Status In Linux
How To check HDD’s SMART Status In Linux?
For IDE HDD's: smartctl --all /dev/hda
For SCSI HDD's: smartctl --all /dev/sda
For SATA HDD’s:
smartctl --all -d ata /dev/sda
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