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   3 <h2>About this package</h2>
   4 The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control
   5 and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting
   6 Technology System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI harddisks.
   7 In many cases, these utilities will provide advanced warning of disk degradation and failure.
   8 <h2>Installing</h2>
   9 To install package click on the smartmontools.pkg icon and follow installation process. Files will be installed to the <b>/usr/local/</b> directory.
  10 <h2>Usage</h2>
  11  If you are having trouble understanding the output of smartctl or smartd, please first read the manual pages installed on your system:
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  13   man 8 smartctl
  14   man 8 smartd
  15   man 8 update-smart-drivedb
  16   man 5 smartd.conf
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  18 To use smartmontools with USB drives please download and install
  19 <a href="https://github.com/kasbert/OS-X-SAT-SMART-Driver">Max OS X kernel driver for providing access to external drive SMART data</a>.
  20 More information could be found on the <a href="https://www.smartmontools.org">www.smartmontools.org</a> website.
  21 <h2>Uninstalling</h2>
  22 If you want to uninstall already installed package run <tt>'sudo smart-pkg-uninstall'</tt> in the terminal.
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