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This document make basic but useful considerations about smartmontools. For more detailed information, see its documentation.
To view SMART information (that is store in your HDD controller), do (replace $device by your device):
# smartctl -A $device
To view the logs of the latests tests:
# smartctl -l selftest $device
To start a new long test to check for bad blocks:
# smartctl -t long $device