> Thanks, that is what we were thinking was happening. Smartd will
> not start at boot, it parses the config file just fine and then
> fails.
Use this command:
smartctl -d ata -t long /dev/sda
Substitute ata and the device for the appropriate type on your
system. Then wait a while for the test to complete and do a
"smartctl -a /dev/sda" to see the report.
Alfred