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Since it's a CF card, it is likely that the chipset of the card (or card
reader) does not support SAT. SMART is technically optional...
> Hi,
> On running the command smartctl -a /dev/sda on my device,I get the
> following output
> smartctl 6.3 2014-07-26 r3976 [x86_64-linux-2.6.34msg64_2xxx] (local
> build)Copyright (C) 2002-14, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke,
> www.smartmontools.org
> === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===Model Family: Transcend
> CompactFlash CardsDevice Model: TRANSCENDSerial Number:
> 20100412 CF1007B4Firmware Version: 20100202User
> Capacity: 2,038,063,104 bytes [2.03 GB]Sector Size:
> 512 bytes logical/physicalDevice is:
> In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]ATA Version is:
> ATA/ATAPI-4 (minor revision not indicated)Local Time is:
> Wed Nov 5 15:35:11 2014 ISTSMART support is: Ambiguous - ATA
> IDENTIFY DEVICE words 85-87 don't show if SMART is enabled.A mandatory
> SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T
> permissive' options.
> Can anybody tell me that why I am getting "SMART support is: Ambiguous -
> ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE words 85-87 don't show if SMART is enabled."
> How to solve this problem?
> Please help.
> Regards,Manu
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