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Chapitre 5. Systèmes de fichiers et gestion de disque

smartmontools-6.5

Introduction to smartmontools

The smartmontools package contains utility programs (smartctl, smartd) to control/monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI disks.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.10 platform.

Package Information

smartmontools Dependencies

Optional (runtime)

cURL-7.50.1 or Lynx-2.8.8rel.2 or Wget-1.18 (download tools)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gptdisk

Installation of smartmontools

Install smartmontools by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr           \
            --sysconfdir=/etc       \
            --with-initscriptdir=no \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/smartmontools-6.5 &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Configuration Information

See the embedded comments in /etc/smartd.conf for detailed instructions on customizing the smartd darmon.

Boot Script

If you want the smartd daemon to start automatically when the system is booted, install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/smartd init script included in the blfs-bootscripts-20160902 package. 

make install-smartd

Command Explanations

--with-initscriptdir=no: This option suppresses the default initialization script. See below for the BLFS script.

Contents

Installed Programs: smartctl, smartd, and update-smart-drivedb
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/share/smartmontools, /usr/share/doc/smartmontools-6.4, and /etc/smartd_warning.d

Short Descriptions

smartctl

is the control and monitor utility for SMART Disks.

smartd

is the SMART disk monitoring daemon.

update-smart-drivedb

is th eupdate tool for the smartmontools drive database.

Last updated on 2016-08-28 11:28:15 +0200