While I haven't had a chance to attach it internally, that is going to be my next move...... EGO II On 04/06/2014 06:36 PM, SilverTip257 wrote: > On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Richer, Mark (CIV) <mhricher@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Generally it's better to connect the bare metal drive to an internal SATA >> connection to run smartctl. If the short test results are good, run. The >> long test. There are > > Agreed, it is better to connect the drive to internal SATA ports to test. > > Maybe the power adapter/source for the external enclosure isn't supplying > enough power? > > >> versions of smartctl for various OSes but you can also boot from any >> optical or USB media that has smartctl on it or can be downloaded to it >> (e.g. I have done this with a Fedora livecd and then installed the tools.) >> >> Mark >> >> MARK H RICHER, MS CS >> NPS-NCR Digital Forensics Lab IT Manager >> Computer Science Department >> Naval Postgraduate School - National Capital Region (NCR) >> 900 N Glebe Rd, Rm<x-apple-data-detectors://21> 5-182, Arlington, VA 22203 >> 571.858.3254<tel:571.858.3254> (o) 571.303.9498<tel:571.303.9498> (m) >> mhricher@xxxxxxx<mailto:mhricher@xxxxxxx> > > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos