smartmontools has been installed To check the status of drives, use the following: %%PREFIX%%/sbin/smartctl -a /dev/ad0 for first ATA drive %%PREFIX%%/sbin/smartctl -a /dev/da0 for first SCSI drive To enable monitor of drives, you can use %%PREFIX%%/sbin/smartd A sample configuration file has been installed as %%PREFIX%%/etc/smartd.conf.sample Copy this file to %%PREFIX%%/etc/smartd.conf and edit appropriately To have smartd start at boot echo 'smartd_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf