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Re:USB drives with no phantom load by Vogtinator on Sunday September 09, 2018 @05:42AM (#17945144)
I have never any issues with USB HDDs with smartctl.

In the rare cases where autodetection did not work, smartctl -d <type> with trial and error works.

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Re:USB drives with no phantom load by Abishek_Muthian on Sunday September 09, 2018 @06:43AM (#17945281)
I see, I forgot to mention - d scsi gives only basic manufacturer info and tests fail.

Does your drive work in uas mode?

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