In message <x7he0gqpiv.fsf@capsicum.wsrcc.com>, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht writes:
>
>smb@research.att.com (Steven M. Bellovin) writes:
>> Hmm, I didn't even realize we had SMART support.  Is there any 
>> disadvantage to having it enabled?  Should I just put an enable command 
>> into rc.local?
>
>Could your bios be turning it off?  I recall seeing it in the Asus
>A7V's bios the last time I ventured down.  I wasn't sure if I wanted
>the bios to grab control from NetBSD if some Smart warning popped up
>so I turned it off.  I don't know if it is a coincidence, but shortly
>thereafter I noticed that the drives then started booting with "smart
>disabled".
>

I'll check that -- I have an Asus A7Pro motherboard.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb