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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