On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Aleksandar Milivojevic <alex at milivojevic.org> wrote: ...snip... > > The configuration file for smartd looks like this: > > /dev/sda -d 3ware,0 -a -m root -T permissive > /dev/sda -d 3ware,1 -a -m root -T permissive > > I do remember smartd and tw_cli working in the past. However, last > time I used them was so long ago that I don't remember if it was > before or after upgrade from CentOS4 to CentOS5. > > Is it possible to get tw_cli and smartd into working condition on CentOS5 box? This is what I use in smartd.conf : /dev/twa0 -H -m root -d 3ware,0 -s S/../../7/04 /dev/twa0 -H -m root -d 3ware,1 -s S/../../7/04 /dev/twa0 -H -m root -d 3ware,2 -s S/../../7/04 Also, tw_cli just works for me. Maybe you should do a firmware upgrade of your 3ware controller. Regards, Tim -- Tim Verhoeven - tim.verhoeven.be at gmail.com - 0479 / 88 11 83 Hoping the problem magically goes away by ignoring it is the "microsoft approach to programming" and should never be allowed. (Linus Torvalds)