Changes between Version 178 and Version 179 of WikiStart

Timestamp:

Jan 7, 2020, 6:20:23 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

Christian Franke

Comment:

Update description, fix typo, fix links, add Arch badge

WikiStart

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 In many cases, these utilities will provide advanced warning of disk degradation and failure.
  
-Smartmontools was originally derived from the Linux [https://sourceforge.net/projects/smartsuite/ smartsuite package]
-and actually supports ATA/ATAPI/SATA-3 to -8 disks and [//browser/trunk/www/smartmontools_scsi.xml SCSI]
-disks and tape devices. It should run on any modern Darwin (Mac OS X), Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, 
-Solaris, OS/2, Cygwin, QNX, eComStation or Windows system. 
+Smartmontools was originally derived from the Linux [https://sourceforge.net/projects/smartsuite/ smartsuite package] and actually supports ATA/SATA, [//browser/trunk/www/smartmontools_scsi.xml SCSI]/SAS and [wiki:NVMe_Support NVMe] disks and also SCSI/SAS tape devices.
+It should run on any modern Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Darwin (macOS), Solaris, Windows, Cygwin, OS/2, eComStation or QNX system.
 Smartmontools can also be run from one of many different [wiki:LiveCDs Live CDs/DVDs].
 
-Precompiled packages are available from the repositories of various distributons, see the [wiki:Packages] page or [https://repology.org/project/smartmontools/versions Repology.org].
+Precompiled packages are available from the repositories of various distributions, see the [wiki:Packages] page or [https://repology.org/project/smartmontools/versions Repology.org].
 Some examples:
 
+[[Image(https://repology.org/badge/version-for-repo/arch/smartmontools.svg?header=Arch, link=https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=smartmontools, alt="Arch", title="Arch")]]
 [[Image(https://repology.org/badge/version-for-repo/centos_8/smartmontools.svg?header=CentOS%208, link=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8/BaseOS/x86_64/os/Packages/, alt="CentOS", title="CentOS")]]
 [[Image(https://repology.org/badge/version-for-repo/fedora_31/smartmontools.svg?header=Fedora%2031, link=https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/smartmontools, alt="Fedora", title="Fedora")]]
-[[Image(https://repology.org/badge/version-for-repo/debian_stable/smartmontools.svg?header=Debian%20stable, link=https://packages.debian.org/stable/source/smartmontools, alt="Debian", title="Debian")]]
+[[Image(https://repology.org/badge/version-for-repo/debian_stable/smartmontools.svg?header=Debian%20stable, link=https://packages.debian.org/stable/smartmontools, alt="Debian", title="Debian")]]
 [[Image(https://repology.org/badge/version-for-repo/ubuntu_18_04_backports/smartmontools.svg?header=Ubuntu%2018.04, link=https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic-backports/smartmontools, alt="Ubuntu", title="Ubuntu")]]
 [[Image(https://repology.org/badge/version-for-repo/freebsd/smartmontools.svg?header=FreeBSD, link=https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/smartmontools, alt="FreeBSD", title="FreeBSD")]]
 [[Image(https://repology.org/badge/version-for-repo/pkgsrc_current/smartmontools.svg?header=NetBSD, link=http://pkgsrc.se/sysutils/smartmontools, http://pkgsrc.se/sysutils/smartmontools, alt="NetBSD", title="NetBSD")]]
 [[Image(https://repology.org/badge/version-for-repo/openbsd/smartmontools.svg?header=OpenBSD, link=http://openports.se/sysutils/smartmontools, alt="OpenBSD", title="OpenBSD")]]
-[[Image(https://repology.org/badge/version-for-repo/chocolatey/smartmontools.svg?header=macOS%20%28MacPorts%29, alt="macOS", link=https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/tree/master/sysutils/smartmontools, title="macOS")]]
+[[Image(https://repology.org/badge/version-for-repo/macports/smartmontools.svg?header=macOS%20%28MacPorts%29, alt="macOS", link=https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/tree/master/sysutils/smartmontools, title="macOS")]]
 [[Image(https://repology.org/badge/version-for-repo/chocolatey/smartmontools.svg?header=Windows%20%28choco%29, link=https://chocolatey.org/packages/smartmontools, alt="Windows", title="Windows")]]
 [[Image(https://repology.org/badge/version-for-repo/cygwin/smartmontools.svg?header=Cygwin, link=https://cygwin.com/packages/summary/smartmontools.html, alt="Cygwin", title="Cygwin")]]
 
-Due to OS-specific issues and also depending on the different state of smartmontools 
-development on the platforms, device support is not the same for all OS platforms. We provide info
-about [wiki:Supported_RAID-Controllers RAID-controller support] here on the homepage
-and of course in the [wiki:TocDoc#Manpages manpages].
+Due to OS-specific issues and also depending on the different state of smartmontools development on the platforms, device support is not the same for all OS platforms.
+See info about [wiki:Supported_RAID-Controllers RAID-controller], [wiki:USB USB] and [wiki:NVMe_Support NVMe] support here on the homepage and of course in the [wiki:TocDoc#Manpages manpages].
 
-Thanks to Alexander Shaduri, there is also a graphical user interface for {{{smartctl}}}
-available. Go to the Homepage of [http://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.net/ GSmartControl]
-to get all info and the software itself. Have a look at the 
-[http://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.net/home/index.php/Screenshots screenshots]
-and the [http://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.net/home/index.php/About feature list]
-to get an impression of this nice tool.
+Thanks to Alexander Shaduri, there is also a graphical user interface for {{{smartctl}}} available.
+Go to the Homepage of [https://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.io/ GSmartControl] to get all info and the software itself.
+Have a look at the [https://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.io/home/index.php/Screenshots screenshots]
+and the [https://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.io/home/index.php/About feature list] to get an impression of this nice tool.
 
 == Contribute to Smartmontools ==
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 ==== Device Information ====
 
-If your drive is not in the [https://sourceforge.net/p/smartmontools/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/smartmontools/drivedb.h current version of smartmontools drive database] you can help to improve smartmontools information by [wiki:FAQ#MyATASATAdriveisnotinthesmartctlsmartddatabase sending a report about your drive] to our mailinglist [https://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/smartmontools-database smartmontools-database].
+If your drive is not in the [source:/trunk/smartmontools/drivedb.h current version of smartmontools drive database], you can help to improve smartmontools information by [wiki:FAQ#MyATASATAdriveisnotinthesmartctlsmartddatabase sending a report about your drive] to our mailinglist [https://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/smartmontools-database smartmontools-database].
 
 We collect info about [wiki:Supported_USB-Devices USB devices that have been successfully or unsuccessfully tested with smartmontools]. If you have a device not listed there, please tell us the test result, by editing the wiki page, and/or by sending an email to the [https://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/smartmontools-database smartmontools-database mailinglist].