smartmontools has been installed To check the status of drives, use the following: ${PREFIX}/sbin/smartctl -a ad0 for first ATA drive ${PREFIX}/sbin/smartctl -a 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 cp ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/smartd.sh.sample ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/smartd.sh chmod 555 ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/smartd.sh