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[Smartctl unknown] : 5To External HDD WDBU6Y0050BBK

Hello,

I have a 5To external HDD WDBU6Y0050BBK.

When I want to use smartmontools and do these command smartctl -i /dev/sdb

I have this output :
"
smartctl 6.6 2017-11-05 r4594 [x86_64-linux-4.19.0-14-amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-17, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

/dev/sdb: Unknown USB bridge [0x1058:0x2620 (0x1018)]
Please specify device type with the -d option.

Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary
"

Anyone know what I have to do to do a SMART test with my HDD ?

Thxs a lot by advance

I trouve the option here Supported_USB-Devices_idVendor-0x1000 – smartmontools

smartctl -i -d sat /dev/sdb

And that’s OK

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